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SAN  DIEGO,  CALIFORNIA 
1913 


COPYRIGHTED,  1913 

BY 

MRS    DAN.  L.  GRAHAM 


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DEDICATION 
TO 

All  mankind  in  every  land,  struggling  against 
a  foe  on  every  hand;  to  my  fellow  -  worker 
in  church  and  home ;  to  the  patient,  hard 
working  toilers  wherever  they  may  roam,  and 
even  those  who  do  not  appreciate  a  home 
This  Book  is  affectionately  dedicated. 


281818 


THE    AUTHOR 


THE  SEARCHLIGHT. 

The  searchlight  of  the  twentieth  century,  the  gem  of  great 
price,  which  we  hope  will  be  the  means  of  opening  the  eyes  of 
multiplied  millions  to  their  spiritual  needs. 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 

His  wonders  to  perform, 
He  plants  his  footsteps  on  the  sea, 

And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

The  most  of  this  book  has  been  composed  and  written  by 
Mrs.  Daniel  L.  Graham  with  the  exception  of  a  few  rich  sayings 
of  the  wise  and  noble — God's  chosen  and  elect  vessels — fitted 
for  His  use. 

This  book  has  been  written  by  inspiration,  has  been  guided 
by  the  holy  hand  of  God,  line  by  line,  precept  upon  precept, 
here  a  little  and  there  a  little,  the  essence  of  God's  divine 
word,  the  word  which  says  "without  holiness,  no  man  shall 
see  the  Lord." 

The  writer  was  born  near  a  village  called  Amity,  in  Brown 
township,  Knox  County,  Ohio.  Her  maiden  name  was  Rachel 
Jane  Hall,  known  as  Jane  Hall,  the  country  maid.  Raised  in 
the  forest  with  no  advantages,  save  hard  work,  my  life  was  a 
struggle,  monotonous  and  hard,  with  very  little  sunshine,  until 
I  found  the  way  to  the  cross.  Then  I  learned  that  the  way  to 
fame  was  by  the  thorn  road  and  by  no  other  is  the  mount  of 
victory  won.  Come  and  tread  it,  my  dear  brother  and  sister. 

Christ  has  trod  it,  press  thou  on, 

Onward,  upward,  like  the  eagle,  shall  thy  way  in  faith  be  born, 
Soaring  high  above  the  troubled  scenes  of  this  short  life, 

And  all  we  here  have  won. 

The  path  of  the  just  is  as  a  shining  light  which  showeth 
more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day. 

Praise   God   from   whom  all   blessings   flow, 
Praise  him  all  creatures  here  below, 
Praise  him  all  ye  hosts  of  heaven, 
For  the  blessings  he  has  given. 

MRS.  DANIEL  L.  GRAHAM. 
[5] 


BEER   AND    SALOON    BUSINESS 

[It  appears  that  this  anti-saloon  contest  is  to  be  fought  out 
in  rhyme  to  some  extent  at  least.  The  saloon  side  has  out  a 
"poem"  telling  how  workingmen  must  "stand  hand  in  hand 
for  that  dear  old  saloon. "  Here  is  one  that  is  different.] 

By   A,   Felton. 

A  little  town  in  a  distant  state 

Was  suddenly  seized  with  a  wish  to  be  great ; 

And  lest  their  greatness  should  be  delayed. 

They  organized  a  board  of  trade 

And  held  a  meeting,  and  every  man 

Was  trying  hard  to  devise  some  plan 

To  increase  the  business. 

The  town  was  pretty  and  clean  and  neat, 
No  turmoil  disturbed  its  quiet  street ; 
Amusements  were  there  for  old  and  young, 
Good  plays  were  acted  and  songs  were  sung ; 
No  children  wandered  about  half-clad 
For  all  had  plenty  and  few  were  sad, 
Or  worried  with  business. 

The  men  who  formed  this  board  of  trade 

Were  energetic  and  undismayed ; 

And  from  what  they  heard  or  what  they  read 

Were  firmly  convinced  (or  so  they  said) 

The  town  could  never  enjoy  a  boom 

Without  at  least  one  good  saloon, 

To  enliven  business. 

The  women  feared  for  the  boys  and  men, 
When  such  temptation  were  given  them ; 
But  men  said  those  who  wanted  beer, 
WTere  sure  to  get  it  from  far  or  near ; 
In  jugs  and  kegs  from  where  it  was  made, 
Thus  another  town  would  aid 
To  increase  its  business. 

One  man  in  town,  a  wretched  shirk, 
Too  proud  to  beg  and  too  lazy  to  work, 
Obtained  a  license  to  start  a  saloon 
And  had  it  running  all  too  soon. 
[6] 


And  men  who  would  ne'er  even  think 
Of  wanting  liquor,  oft  stopped  to  drink. 
Well — just  to  help  business. 

The  license  said  that  he  must  not  sell 
To  intemperate  men ;  but  who  can  tell 
Of  a  dealer  who  cannot  get  around 
All  limits  with  which  his  papers  abound? 
He  sold  enough  on  Saturday  night 
To  last  till  Monday  about  daylight, 
Then  resumed  his  business. 

A  brewery  next  was  established  near, 

To  supply  the  trade  with  home-made  beer. 

Saloons  were  started,  some  three  or  four, 

But  they  only  created  demands  for  more. 

Policemen,  hired  by  night  and  day, 

And  "drunk  and  disorderly"  fines  to  pay, 

All  helped  the  business. 

One  fourth  of  July  a  rough  crowd,  they  say, 
Had  taken  their  beer  and  gone  out  for  a  day. 
The  picnic  ended,  of  course,  in  a  row, 
Arid  one  man  was  murdered,  nobody  knew  how. 
A  youth  was  arrested  and  taken  to  jail, 
Where,  thoroughly  sobered,  with  a  pitiful  wrail 
He  acknowledged  the  business. 


The  trial  then  lasted  some  nine  days  or  ten, 

And  several  lawyers,  all  eloquent  men, 

Made  speeches  for  hours  as  if  paid  by  the  word; 

The  people  listened,  the  jurymen  heard. 

It  mattered  not  which  side  won  or  lost, 

The  county  would  have  to  pay  the  cost 

For  that  was  its  business. 

The  judge,  with  a  wisdom-filled  gray  head, 

Had  granted  a  license  which  plainly  said : 

No  liquor  to  minors  must  be  sold. 

But  to  this  boy  who  by  liquor  controlled 

Unconsciously  entered  the  terrible  strife, 

He  gave  the  mild  sentence,  "To  prison  for  life." 

And  continued  his  business. 

As  the  antidote  grows  near  the  rattlesnake's  den, 
So  these  law-makers,  wronderful  men — 
[7] 


Built  a  Keely-cure  for  the  drunkard's  ills. 
And  taxed  the  people  to  pay  the  bills. 
While  across  the  street  hung  a  bright  sign  "Beer, 
Which  said  so  plainly  "We  make  drunks  here, 
'Tis  our  lawful  business." 

That  little  town  you  would  hardly  know, 
Its  wished-f  or  boom  has  changed  it  so ; 
No  beauty  is  there  for  the  drunkards'  wives; 
Only  sorrow  and  care  throughout  their  lives. 
And  grocers,  bakers  and  butchers  found 
Saloons  and  breweries  all  around 
Didn't  help  their  business. 

Fond  parents  now  mourn  a  promising  lad, 

In  prison  garments  forever  clad. 

Husbands  and  fathers  once  kind  and  true, 

Are  selfish  and  cross  and  cruel  too. 

Young  lives  are  wrecked  and  homes  are  spoiled 

For  which  the  parents  and  grandparents  toiled, 

And  beer  made  the  business. 


Arise,  arise,  good  Christian, 

Let  right  to  wrong  succeed  ; 
Let  penitential  sorrow, 

To  heavenly  gladness  lead : 
To  the  home  of  fadeless  splendor, 

Of  flowers  that  bear  no  thorn, 
Where  they  shall  dwell  as  children, 

Who  here  as  exiles  mourn. 


******* 

Strive,  man,  to  win  that  glory; 

Toil,  man,  to  gain  that  light, 
Send  hope  before  to  grasp  it. 

Till  hope  be  lost  in  sight. 


[8] 


WHAT'S   THE   MATTER   WITH   THE   PEOPLE 

IN   THIS   ENLIGHTENED   DAY, 
WHEN  THE  PEOPLE  HAVE  SUCH  WISDOM, 

SO  THE  PEOPLE  SAY? 


There  has  been  much  said  about  the  sin  of  intemperance, 

To  which  men  are  giving  their  approval,  support  and  defence. 

Now  what  under  these  circumstances  can  be  our  hope  of  a 

happy  reward  or  recompense? 
Does  it  look  like  we  were  using  our  God-given  sense? 

Why  do  we  weep  and  mourn  for  our  boy, 

When  we  give  the  saloon  the  right  his  soul  to  destroy? 
Why  do  we  murmur  and  complain, 

About  the  dens  of  wickedness  and  those  that  are  slain, 
When  we  give  them  the  license  to  carry  on  the  crushing  shame  ? 

Now  who  do  you  think  is  most  to  blame — 

Those  who  sell  the  deadly  stuff, 
Those  who  never  get  enough, 

Or  those  who  give  the  right  away 
To  do  his  neighbor  wrong  from  day  to  day  ? 

You  cannot  help  but  see  the  blight  and  stain 

Which  we  have  suffered  to  degrade  and  mar  the  souls  of  men, 
Whom  we  should  have  rescued  from  the  depraved  and  oppres 
sive  hand, 

In  this  once  glorious  freedom's  land, 
And  now  are  in  shackles 

From  whiskey  and  taxes. 

Now  may  God  open  our  eyes  to  see 

That  we  must  awaken  from  our  stupidity, 
Which  brings  to  us  such  misery. 

We  should  put  on  the  whole  armor  of  faith  and  good  works 

at  God's  Command; 
Who  promised  his  chosen  ones  they  should  inherit  the  land, 

If  they  would  obey  at  his  command. 

He  said  to  Joshua,  "Go  break  down  the  idols  and  clear  away 

the  Groves, ' ' 

And  make  place  for  God 's  grace  against  all  his  foes. 
The  people  claim  that  Temperance  is  so  weak  it  never  can  win, 

[9] 


J^ecause  the  world  is  so  hard  and  corrupted  with  sin ; 
And  Christian  Professors  so  often  fall  in 
With  the  political  whiskey  ring  scheme. 

That 's  the  way  things  are  running  today, 

We  vote  for  them  but  have  nothing  to  say, 
As  though  they  were  all  right  doing  nothing  out  of  the  way, 

And  so  they  say, 
It  cannot  be  helped — we  must  obey. 

So  they  set  their  traps  and  catch  us  like  rats. 

Then  say  for  a  complaint,  we  are  blind  as  bats. 
They  always  have  an  ax  to  grind, 

And  we  wrill  turn  as  long  as  we  are  party  blind. 

So  wre'd  better  get  the  scales  from  our  eyes, 

And  prove  to  the  world  we  've  grown  more  wise ; 

For  they  make  us  their  by-word  all  the  day  long, 
Saying  we  are  political  hypocrites, 

And  have  lost  half  our  wits, 

Or  we  would  not  dance  to  their  song. 

We  are  blinded  by  party  and  lacking  in  grace, 

Who  ever  heard  of  such  things  in  a  civilized  place  / 

Then  call  this  a  christianized  race! 

With  a  yoke  on  our  necks  and  an  empty  purse, 
What  condition  in  life  could  possibly  be  wrorse? 

Men  voting,  against  their  own  interests,  for  knaves ; 

Supporting  a  traffic  that  makes  themselves  slaves ; 
Causing  starved  children  and  widows  to  die ; 

Yet  we  fold  our  arms  and  pass  these  things  by. 

Unheeded,  uncared  for,  while  we  remain  deaf, 

Caring  nothing  for  Christ's  teaching,  which  is  pleading  relief, 
To  deliver  the  outcast,  rescue  the  crushed, 

And  we  do  nothing  to  have  their  cries  hushed : 
Nor  nothing  to  have  this  infamous  iniquity  crushed. 

Xow  if  we  women  had  any  say, 

We  should  see  that  demagogues  were  put  out  of  the  way  ; 
We'd  be  nobody's  machine 

To  yield  to  their  scheme, 
Or  be  bought  and  sold  for  whiskey  or  gin. 

And  anyone  who  would  sell  his  vote, 

We  would  put  him  in  the  pond  and  there  let  him  croak. 

[10] 


The  bank  robber  and  treasury  thief, 

We  would  not  exalt  and  make  him  chief, 
We'd  bring  him  to  justice. 

You  need  not  doubt  a  word  that  we  say, 

For  you  would  soon  find  it  out. 
We  are  tired  of  every  political  scheme, 

Of  party  ring,  whiskey  sling, 
And  every  other  abominable  thing. 

We  have  advantages  and  ought  to  be  wise, 
For  God  has  given  us  light  and  given  us  eyes. 

Given  us  knowledge  to  comprehend, 

And  given  us  grace  which  we  all  should  defend, 

And  not  have  it  tramped  under  foot  by  whiskey  knaves, 
Who  are  nothing  but  tyrants  and  make  us  their  slaves. 

We  are  short-sighted  and  no  mistake, 

And  God  will  give  us  trouble  and  make  our  hearts  ache ; 
For  supporting  such  creatures  is  like  warming  a  snake, 

When  it  can  crawl  it  will  teach  us  with  vipers  not  to  partake. 

Now  this  is  a  question  on  which  all  men  should  vote, 

For  the  elevation  of  mankind  lies  in  the  power  of  that  little 
note, 

Which,  when  placed  in  the  ballot,  must  count  for  us  all. 
It  must  count  for  our  rise  and  count  for  our  fall ; 

It  must  count  for  reformation, 
Or  count  for  degradation. 

Now,  brethren,  when  you  give  us  women  the  right  to  vote, 
We  worn  out  mothers,  kept  at  home  to  mend  some  ragged 

old  coat, 
Cook,  sweep,  wash  dishes  and  prepare  plenty  of  good  things 

to  eat ; 

Then  there  are  the  children  to  be  watched  night  and  day, 
To  keep  them  at  home  lest  they  wander  away ; 

We  must  take  care  of  the  milk,  the  skimming  of  pans, 
Which  must  all  be  kept  clean  by  one  pair  of  hands. 

Then  we  must  wash  and  iron,  darn  and  sew, 

Which  ought  to  give  us  plenty  to  do, 
To  say  nothing  about  scrubbing  and  churning, 

The  cleaning  of  lamps  and  to  keep  the  fires  burning. 
It  has  got  to  be  done  all  nice  and  clean. 

[HI 


remaps  only  by  one, 

But  that's  all  the  same, 
For  that's  all  we  are  good  for  when  that's  said  and  done; 

So  the  sooner  the  better  our  race  is  run, 
A  pity  sometimes  that  it  ever  begun. 

A  pity  it  would  be  for  us  indeed, 

If  we  had  in  this  way  long  to  proceed. 
So  you  see  we  have  had  no  time  to  go  to  the  polls, 

No  right,  if  there,  to  vote  for  souls ; 
That  would  spoil  politics, 

And  all  her  game  tricks. 

It  would  play  smash, 

And  bring  out  the  cash, 
To  support  our  schools; 

Which  is  used  for  bribery  and  buying  of  votes, 
To  elect  outlaws  and  supporting  of  bloats, 

Who  ought  to  be  in  the  pen  with  the  shotes. 

Now  when  we  women  get  in  power  we  will  renovate, 

Reform,  resolve  to  make  everything  over  and  have  it  straight, 

Revolutionize  such  affairs  of  state. 

And  then  begin  to  cultivate  virtue  and  purity, 
Until  we  would  have  some  security, 

For  the  young  and  innocent  one. 
This  is  the  way  things  will  be, 

When  we  are  all  filled  with  spirituality. 

Instead  of  shame  and  disgrace, 

Filling  every  corner  and  space, 
Where  can  be  found  a  vacant  place, 

Which  all  know  is  a  disgrace, 
To  any  country  or  civilized  race. 

Now,  brethren,  don't  be  pulled  about, 

For  God  in  his  wrath  will  find  you  out, 
Like  he  did  Jonah,  who  ran  away, 

When  sent  to  preach  to  the  Ninivites  that  day. 
But  persisted  to  disobey, 
And  went  where  a  great  fish  caught  him  and  kept  him  at  bay, 

Until  he  repented  and  there  did  pray, 
Saying,  "Yes,  gracious  Lord,  I  will  go  back, 

And  take  the  right  track, 
And  do  as  you  say." 


Now  it  may  not  be  the  same  kind  of  a  fish  will  swallow  you, 

Because  you  are  not  true ; 

It  may  be  a  baboon  who  runs  in  your  city,  your  fine  furnished 
Saloon, 

Which  you  have  helped  to  furnish, 
By  neglecting  and  impoverishing  your  own  home. 

How  blessed  you  would  be  to  learn  to  do 

As  the  Golden  Rule  has  instructed  you. 
To  love  your  own, 

And  care  for  your  home, 
Is  the  rule  laid  down  for  you. 

It  is  the  vote  that  tells  the  character  of  a  man, 

That  speaks  and  counts  more  than  anything  else  can. 

What  he  says  blows  away, 
What  he  does  is  going  to  stay, 

And  count  at  the  great  judgment  day, 

If  right ;  if  not,  it  will  be  too  late  to  pray. 

So  we  had  better  act  as  well  as  pray, 

In  a  consistent  common  sense  kind  of  way, 
So  the  people  will  have  some  faith  in  us  after  the  coming  elec 
tion  day. 

The  scriptures  tell  us  that  no  drunkard  can  enter  the  king 
dom  of  Heaven. 
Then  what  of  those  who  sell  the  criminal  stuff, 

Or  those  who  give  the  right  away, 
To  do  his  neighbor  wrong  from  day  to  day  ? 

Crushing  and  degrading,  destroying  and  imprisoning,  de 
ranging  and  impoverishing  humanity  so  terribly  that  it  cannot 
be  described  for  its  misery,  torture  and  grief. 

Now  we  should  be  children  of  God's  heritage,  heirs  to  his 
kingdom,  living  so  his  holy  spirit  would  dwell  in  our  hearts, 
which  then  would  guide  us  into  the  light  and  truth  of  the 
Gospel  and  teach  us  better  things  than  to  devour  one  another 
for  ill-gotten  gain,  profiting  no  one  and  only  proving  a  curse 
in  the  end. 

How  can  any  man  be  a  member  of  civilization  and  go  to  bed 
and  rest  under  such  appalling  conditions?  Can  he  be  made  in 
God's  image  and  not  have  eyes  to  see  his  surroundings  nor  ears 
to  hear  the  cry  of  the  wives,  mothers  and  starving  children 
all  over  this  beautiful  land  which  would  be  like  the  garden  of 
Eden  were  it  not  for  this  blackest  of  iniquities? 

[13] 


Look  at  the  millions  of  women  and  children  in  thousands 
of  factories  worked  beyond  all  reason  till  strength  is  exhausted 
and  they  are  complete  wrecks.  What  is  the  cause?  The  rum 
traffic. 

When  men  spend  their  money  at  the  saloon  women  and 
children  must  earn  the  living  for  themselves  and  often  also  for 
the  father  who  has  been  enticed  into  the  trap  laid  to  catch 
weak-minded  men  who  are  not  wise  enough  to  understand  the 
game.  Who  is  going  to  be  responsible  at  the  day  of  judgment? 
Do  you  believe  those  in  power  will  be  excused  and  go  unpun 
ished  ?  O  cannot  you  see  where  we  stand  ?  Are  you  still  going 
to  suffer  this  state  of  things  to  continue  and  still  give  the  mon 
ster  of  iniquity  the  right  of  way  ? 

God  told  his  chosen  people  way  back  in  ancient  time  that 
to  make  a  league  with  heathen  was  a  forbidden  crime  and  if 
they  did  they  should  be  their  servants  all  the  rest  of  their  life 
time.  True  they  found  it  so  by  sad  experience,  then  as  we  do 
surely  know  that  we  shall  always  reap  the  very  things  we  sow. 

The  precious  Christ  said,  "Let  your  light  so  shine  before 
men  that  they,  seeing  your  good  works,  may  glorify  the  Father 
Who  is  in  Heaven. ' '  He,  the  Holy  One,  whose  word  cannot  fail 
said,  "I  will  reward  everyone  according  to  his  works."  He 
said  to  deal  justly,  love  mercy  and  to  walk  righteously  and 
humbly  before  him  that  it  may  be  well  with  you.  Then  ye  shall 
go  in  and  possess  the  good  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
prepared  for  those  who  obey.  He  said,  "Ye  are  mine  if  ye  do 
whatsoever  I  command  you."  Also,  "He  that  knoweth  his 
Lord's  will  and  doeth  it  not  shall  be  beaten  with  many  stripes," 
and  again  he  said,  "Where  can  wisdom  be  found,  and  where 
is  the  place  of  understanding."  Man  knoweth  not  the  price 
thereof.  The  value  of  knowledge  is,  to  know  God's  will,  and 
wisdom  is  to  do  it. 

The  mystery  of  unspeakable  value  is  to  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart,  soul,  mind  and  strength,  and  thy  neigh 
bor  enough  to  rescue  him  from  a  felon's  cell.  He  was  put  there 
by  our  giving  the  right  to  the  real  perpetrator  to  put  him  in  the 
condition  to  commit  the  evil  deed.  For  this  every  voter  who 
has  tolerated  the  open  hell  for  weak  humanity  to  be  trapped  in 
must  some  day  pay  the  debt  for  the  suffering,  injustice  and 
heartless  cruelty  caused. 

Suppose  it  was  your  son  who  had  been  coaxed  into  the  snare 
and  then  had  to  pay  the  penalty  of  an  unjust  law ;  a  law  made 
only  for  the  poor  and  weak  who,  unconscious  of  the  danger 
until  it  is  too  late,  are  like  the  silly  fly  caught  in  the  spider's 
web. 


0  you  poor  blind  creatures,  to  whom  God  has  offered  heaven 
if  you  would  put  away  evil,  are  going  to  have  to  stand  before 
God  and  render  an  account  for  mercies  abused. 

Religion — what  treasures  untold  reside  in  that  heavenly 
word ;  more  precious  than  a  world  full  of  gold  or  all  that  this 
earth  can  afford,  for  we  must  all  leave  these  temporal  things 
and  give  an  account  for  how  we  have  used  them.  These  bless 
ings  are  only  loaned  to  us.  We  cannot  take  them  with  us.  We 
can  only  take  character  after  all  the  dross  is  taken  out  of  the 
gold  and  made  fit  for  the  refiner. 

MRS.  DANIEL  L.  GRAHAM. 


JOHN  BARLEYCORN 
By  Berton  Braley 


He's  just  around  the  corner,  he's  just  across  the  street;  his 
voice  is  warm  and  comradely,  his  words  are  soft  and  sweet. 
He  poses  as  ADVENTURE,  all  debonair  and  brave,  though  all 
the  deeds  of  Barleycorn  lead  only  to  the  grave  ! 

He  comes  to  you  with  laughter, 

He  comes  to  you  with  song-, 
With  soothing  lies  to  trick  the  weak 

And  glamor  for  the  strong, 
Along  the  road  that  you  must  tread 

Wherever  you  may  fare, 
At  every  turn  or  resting  place 

John  Barleycorn  is  there ! 

He  masquerades  as  valor,  he  swaggers  as  Romance,  and 
down  the  road  of  broken  hopes  he  leads  the  merry  dance.  His 
eyes  are  red  and  gloating,  there's  poison  on  his  breath,  for  call 
him  any  name  you  will,  JOHN  BARLEYCORN  IS  DEATH  ! 
—(With  acknowledgments  to  Jack  London)— San  Diego  Sun. 


[15] 


A   SALOON   SPORT. 

There  is  a  monster  in  our  town  who  thinks  he  is  wondrous  wise, 
He  is  making  love  wherever  he  can  with  his  corrupt  and  evil 
eyes. 

It  matters  not  how  old  or  young  the  maid  he  chance  to  meet. 
Widow,  wife  or  anyone  he'll  win  her  heart  complete, 

If  he  is  only  sure  her  mind  is  weak. 

But  he  is  very  careful  what  to  say, 

When  pious  people  are  in  the  way. 
With  artless  intrigue  and  effect, 

He  can  deceive  the  very  elect. 
But  time  is  God's  and  will  bring  to  light 

The  hidden  secret  of  the  right. 

Now  what  can  be  done  to  check  this  wyretch  and  rescue  girls 

so  young, 
From  the  jaws  of  vice  and  shame  and  sin  to  which  he  leads 

them  on, 
Corrupting  their  pure  minds  at  will  and  none  to  plead  their 

cause  ? 
What  can  be  done  to  rectify  and  execute  our  laws? 

This  chief  of  sinners  talks  so  loud  about  the  hipocrite 

Who  will  cheat  and  lie  and  then  deny  when  he  the  shoe 

will  fit. 
He  never  learned  the  lesson  our  S  vior  taught  and  gave 

When  he  said  get  the  beam  from  your  own  eye  and  your 

brother  you  can  save. 
Instead  of  making  him  as  low  as  yourself,  you  wretched  sot, 

Go  lift  him  up  and  help  him  on  to  do  the  thing  he  ought, 
By  walking  in  the  light  yourself  and  showing  him  the  way. 

That  leads  to  peace  eternal,  the  life  of  endless  day. 

He  never  had  the  common  sense  allotted  unto  man 

But  always  craved  some  wickedness  to  carry  on    his  plan. 
His  broken-hearted  wife  still  lives,  a  witness  to  his  shame, 

And  wonders  how  a  man  can  give  his  life  to  curse  his  name. 
Her  grief  while  here  can  not  be  told  from  sorrow's  crushing 

sting, 

Which  fills  her  life  with  pain  and  strife  and  leaves  no  peace 
within. 

[16] 


He  hates  her  like  a  rattlesnake, 

Hates  the  sight  her  presence  makes, 
A  thin  and  haggard  wreck  is  she, 

Dragged  down  by  wrong  and  misery. 

Her  life  has, been  a  living  death, 

Her  food  is  sorrow  and  distress. 
Year  after  year  it  wore  away, 

Which  showed  the  sorrow's  deep  decay, 
Upon  her  pallid  cheek  which  once  was  rosy  as  the  bloom 

Of  Eden's  flowers  of  rich  perfume; 
But  alas,  alas,  how  very  soon 

That  flower  did  decay  and  dropt  its  leaves  no  more  to  bloom, 
While  here  on  earth  to  stay. 

Yes,  see  her  now,  that  haggard  form, 

Which  once  was  blithe  and  gay. 
But  stinging  wrongs  untold, 

Which  did  unfold 
To  her  each  night  and  day, 

And  brought  such  grief, 
With  no  relief, 

Which  wore  her  life  away. 

That  wife,  so  tender,  kind  and  pure, 

Has  tried  these  troubles  to  endure, 
Until  she  found  there  was  no  cure ; 

For  nothing  on  this  earthly  sod, 
Except  the  heavy  chastening  rod, 

At  the  hand  of  the  Almighty  God, 
Can  check  his  wild  career. 
He  has  grown  old  in  sin  and  crime, 

Yet  still  pursues  his  course, 
He  loves  it  better  than  the  crown 

That's  purchased  by  the  cross. 
His  head  and  hands  so  full  of  sin, 

His  heart  so  full  of  dross, 
He  cares  not  for  the  cross  or  crown, 

Or  any  other  loss, 
If  he  can  only  have  his  way, 

In  this  dark  world  of  sin, 
And  grovel  in  its  dark  decoy, 

With  all  he  hopes  to  win. 

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He  has  many  brothers  just  the  same. 

Running  round  and  hunting  game, 
Which  they  will  drag  to  endless  shame, 

If  not  arrested  soon. 
They  all  seem  trying  hard  to  see 

Who  will  win  their  master's  seat, 
Dethrone  him  here, 

And  make  it  clear, 
That  his  is  sure  defeat; 

For  when  they  are  around, 
He  must  leave  the  ground, 

And  take  his  place  beneath ; 
For  they  each  seem  heir, 

And  bound  to  share 
Old  Satan's  crown  and  seat, 

For  their  lives  are  full  of  darkest  deeds, 
And  black  with  dire  deceit. 

They  should  have  learned  the  lesson  a  sailor  once  received. 

Who  was  giving  his  hard  earnings  a  bad  one  to  relieve. 
He  said  she  loved  him  dearly, 

A  fool,  he  proved  to  be, 
When  a  friend  of  his  showed  clearly 

The  light  he  could  not  see, 
And  said,  "She  is  only  robbing  you,  a  wretch  of  low  degree." 

"Go  prove,"  he  said,  "her  faith  to  you  by  testing  her  strong 

love, 
And  you  will  very  quickly  see  that  she  is  not  your  turtle  dove." 

"Now  go  to  her  in  rags,"  said  he, 

"Tell  her  you  have  been  wrecked  at  sea, 
And  need  her  deepest  sympathy, 

Then  you  will  see  how  kind  she'll  be." 

And  so  he  went  a  test  to  make, 

Upon  his  love  which  made  him  shake, 
And  made  his  wicked  heart  to  quake, 

When  he  received  the  summons  strong, 
"Begone,  you  dirty  dog,  begone. 

You're  nothing  but  a  brute,"  said  she, 
To  come  in  such  a  plight  to  me." 

"Now  go,"  he  said,  "and  test  your  wife, 

Tell  her  the  troubles  of  your  life. 
Tell  her  you  have  been  wrecked  at  sea, 

Have  nothing  left  but  misery. 

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Then  you  will  hear  her  quick  reply, 

'Come  to  my  arms,  you  darling  boy. 
You  are  spared,  that 's  quite  enough  for  me, 

To  know  that  God  did  rescue  you  from  sea. 
Nor  will  I  murmur  at  the  loss 

Of  finance  trials,  nor  any  cross, 
Since  God  in  goodness  spared  to  me 

My  darling  one  from  the  deep  sea  . ' ' 

Now  the  world  is  full  of  just  such  shame, 

For  which,  I  fear,  we  are  much  to  blame. 
We  favor  men  that  are  black  with  crime, 

But  women  we  shun, 
For  the  wrong  that  they  have  done. 

Composed  by  Mrs.   Daniel  L.   Graham,  instructed  by  the 
divine  guiding  power  of  the  sacred  spirit. 


THE  HOLY  SCRIPTURES. 

Father  cxf  mercies !   in  Thy  Word 
What  endless  glo^  shines ! 

Forever  be  Thy  name  adored 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 
Spreads  heavenly  peace  around ; 

And  life  and  everlasting  joys 
Attend  the  blissful  sound. 

Oh,  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 

My  ever  dear  delight; 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see, 

And  still  increasing  light. 

Divine  Instructor,  gracious  Lord, 

Be  Thou  forever  near; 
Teach  me  to  love  Thy  sacred  word, 

And  view  my  Savior  there. 

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A    QUESTION    ASKED    AND    ANSWERED. 

Say,  cannot  we  all  see  the  marvelous  changes  and  vast  im 
provement  in  every  way  since  so  many  have  accepted  the  true 
light  of  the  Gospel  and  are  shedding  it  far  and  wide?  Look  at 
the  advantages  we  have  above  the  dark  ages  when  people  wrere 
not  allowed  to  study  the  sacred  volumes  and,  sad  to  say,  some 
today  are  not  allowed  this  blessed  liberty,  therefore  do  not 
advance  but  remain  the  same  as  in  the  beginning.  But  in  this 
age  we  must  advance  or  go  backward.  We  cannot  stand  on 
a  narrow  belief  but  must  advance,  must  seek  for  spiritual  light 
as  for  hidden  treasures,  must  seek  deep,  for  valuable  things 
are  not  found  on  top  of  the  ground.  Jewels,  precious  stones, 
and  gold  and  diamonds  are  not  found  without  great  search. 
We  cannot  advance  and  live  like  monks  and  accomplish  any 
thing  worth  while. 

When  progression  ceases,  I  mean  spiritual  progression,  then 
it  is  time  to  dig  our  own  graves  and  toll  the  death  knell,  for 
God  is  done  with  us  poor  blind  pensioners.  The  precious  God 
pity  any  people  who  cannot  see  these  truths  and  make  them 
wiser  and  nobler  and  more  useful.  We  are  put  here  to  seek 
light  through  the  inspired  word  of  God,  then  to  use  it  in  God's 
service,  as  our  Lord  has  taught,  for  high  aims  and  noble  pur 
poses.  Then  go  home  and  enjoy  the  interest  in  that  peaceful 
habitation  of  rest  and  joy  unspeakable  and  full  of  glory. 

How  can  we  feed  on  the  bread  of  life,  which  is  the  word  of 
God,  which  is  the  food  to  the  soul,  except  we  read  reverently? 
Then  how  beautifully  it  unfolds  the  true  light  to  every  sincere 
worshiper.  Study  God's  word  with  a  zeal  and  you  will  soon 
be  zealous  of  his  cause  and  the  sacred  inspirations  given  to  win 
us  to  live  righteous  lives.  Then  the  partition  walls  of  prejudice 
will  begin  to  crumble  and  your  faith,  strengthening  in  love  to 
God  and  the  human  race,  created  in  His  likeness,  to  be  heirs  of 
His  Kingdom  redeemed  by  the  cost  of  his  pure  life.  What 
excuse  can  anyone  make  for  neglect  under  such  circumstances? 
What  excuse  for  not  accepting  His  terms,  complying  with  his 
conditions  instead  of  getting  up  some  hobby  to  ride  to  destruc 
tion?  Can  anyone  who  has  reason  not  grasp  these  truths  so 
profitable,  so  plain? 

Now  anyone  who  has  been  teaching  the  people  error  or 
erroneous  doctrine  and  leading  them  away  from  God's  sacred 
word,  deluding  and  deceiving  without  thinking  of  their  own 
loss  of  Salvation,  would  be  wise  to  consider  whether  that  is  a 
profitable  course  to  take  or  not.  What  will  it  count  you  in  the 
end?  0  don't  tamper  with  God's  golden  hours.  They  are  only 
loaned  to  you  for  a  short  time  to  prepare  for  eternity.  Re 

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careful,  then,  lest  you  grieve  away  the  divine  spirit  and  sin 
away  your  day  of  grace  and,  when  weighed  in  the  balance, 
will  be  found  wanting.  What  will  you  do  then,  when  it  is  too 
late,  to  right  these  wrongs? 

Do  you  think  anyone  else  can  work  out  your  salvation  for 
you  and  you  continue  in  sin?  Paul,  our  greatest  evangelist, 
said,  "God  forbid."  Then  he  said,  "Can  we  continue  in  sin 
that  Grace  may  abound!  God  forbid.  But  that  we  should 
put  it  away  and  run  with  patience  the  race  set  before  us,  look 
ing  unto  Jesus,  the  author  and  finisher  of  our  faith,  who  en 
dured  the  cross  and  bore  the  shame  that  we  might  be  re 
claimed." 

Why  is  not  God's  cause  first  in  our  hearts  to  Avill  and  to  do 
his  good  pleasure,  which  would  in  time  bring  us  the  fruits  of 
our  labor,  terminate  in  our  own  glory  and  happiness  a  million 
times  multiplied?  This  is  the  teachings  of  Him  who  spake  as 
never  man  spake.  O  the  depths  of  His  goodness  and  mercy 
which  is  past  finding  out.  It  is  blindness  to  neglect  the  greater 
duties  for  the  lesser,  neglect  the  spiritual  for  the  temporal 
which  may  not  last  a  day. 

If  we  could  realize  how  our  little  petty  faults  hinder  the 
growth  of  the  good  seed  sown  in  the  heart,  we  certainly  would 
try  hard  to  get  rid  of  the  pesky,  little,  ruinous  habits,  that  we 
so  often  cherish  and  nourish,  such  as  envy,  conceit,  which  go 
hand  in  hand  and  work  harmoniously  together.  But  what  will 
be  the  result?  Loss  of  influence,  loss  of  trust,  loss  of  God's 
guidance,  which  is  the  saddest  loss.  When  we  get  the  big  head 
and  want  to  be  most  popular,  receiving  the  highest  praise  or 
position  from  men  and  try  to  put  others  down,  thinking  to 
elevate  ourselves,  then  is  when  we,  like  Haman,  are  liable  to 
be  brought  low,  for  Christ  said,  "He  that  exalteth  himself  shall 
be  abased,  but  he  that  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted." 

These  should  be  profitable  warnings  to  all,  written  for  our 
admonition,  written  from  the  sublime  word  of  God  which  is 
able  to  save  to  the  uttermost  all  who  will  come  unto  Him. 

A  few  lines  more  and  I  must  close,  but  must  first  say,  we 
surely  are  on  the  verge  of  despair.  We  through  our  neglect 
have  certainly  brought  ourselves  to  an  awful  crisis,  and  it  is 
high  time  the  problem  of  cause  and  effect  should  be  the  essen 
tial  theme  of  our  lives.  It  is  effort  that  leads  to  fame  or  to 
the  most  appalling  despair.  We  must  get  down  to  the  dregs, 
analyze  and  take  away  the  poison  venom  that  has  so  crept  in 
unawares,  like  a  deadly  disease,  and  now  we  want  to  cry  unto 
God  to  give  us  wisdom  sufficient  for  the  task. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 
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KEEP   THE   GOLDEN   RULE. 

If  we  would  only  keep  the  Golden  Rule  what  a  power  we 
would  be.  Then  we  would  be  improving  God's  golden  hours 
which  he  has  loaned  to  us  to  build  for  eternity. 

Paul,  the  greatest  evangelist  that  was  ever  chosen  of  God 
to  warn  all  to  repent,  put  away  sin,  and  take  on  the  higher 
life  that  it  might  be  well  with  us  in  eternity,  he  said  he  dare 
not  neglect  to  do  the  whole  council  of  God  lest  he  himself  be 
come  a  castaway.  Then  what  about  the  rest  of  us?  Have  we 
nothing  to  do  but  live  from  the  bountiful  blessings  of  God  and 
return  no  service,  no  gratitude,  nothing  to  recompense  for  so 
many  multiplied  innumerable  favors  too  great  to  comprehend  ? 
It  is  appointed  unto  man  once  to  die.  Then  after  death  the 
judgment. 

When  wickedness  is  exterminated  then  righteousness  will 
flourish  and  cover  the  earth  as  the  waters  cover  the  deep. 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 

His  wonders  to  perform ; 
He  plants  His  footsteps  on  the  sea, 

And  rides  upon  the  storm. 
His  purposes  will  ripen  fast. 

Unfolding  every  hour; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 

But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

Let  us  all  learn  to  be  loyal,  keeping  the  Golden  Rule  in  prac 
tice  every  day.  Then  strife  will  cease  and  harmony  will  prevail, 
selfishness  and  envy  and  all  evil  speaking  be  put  away. 

Get  the  love  of  God  so  established  that  you  will  turn  a  deaf 
ear  to  all  kinds  of  gossip,  which  has  always  been  such  a  hin 
drance  to  the  progress  of  Christian  work.  No  true  Christian 
will  slander  his  or  her  neighbor,  but  will  go  to  them  and  show 
them  their  fault  and  by  this  their  souls  may  be  won. 

Once  a  minister  went  into  a  gossiping  neighborhood  \vhere 
he  saw  at  once  that  nothing  could  be  done  to  win  souls  for 
Christ  until  this  evil  was  removed.  So  he  determined  to  root 
it  out.  The  first  evil  story  that  was  brought  to  him  he  said, 
"We  will  go  to  the  accused  party  and  talk  the  matter  over 
with  them  and  show  them  how  they  should  live;"  but  the  ac 
cusers  refused  to  go  and  face  what  they  had  said.  So  the  min 
ister  knew  who  was  the  guilty  one. 

Not  long  after  he  had  another  similar  case  which  he  treated 


in  the  same  way  and  he  kept  this  up  until  the  strife  had  ceased. 
He  continued  to  give  them  their  medicine  until  the  disease 
was  cured. 

Such  cruel  sin  does  really  become  a  loathsome  disease 
for  which  there  is  but  one  remedy  and  that  is  conversion.  To 
be  born  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God,  which  is  putting  off  all  the 
old  natural  sins  and  putting  on  the  new  life,  renewed  and 
cleaned  by  regeneration,  to  be  born  of  water  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Repent  and  be  baptised,  every  one  of  you,  for  the 
remission  of  sins.  Then  ye  shall  receive  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Water  is  the  emblem  of  purity,  the  proof  that  we  have  come 
out  of  the  world,  separated  ourselves  by  baptism  and  taken 
on  the  new  life  prepared  for  the  master's  work  which  counts 
more  than  all  other  work  as  much  more  as  eternity  is  longer 
than  time.  There  is  nothing  lost  that  is  done  for  God.  So  let 
us  work  with  a  zeal,  writh  an  eye  single  to  God's  glory.  He 
said  that  all  things  must  work  together  for  good  to  them  that 
love  God,  and  that  not  one  jot  or  tittle  shall  fail  from  the  law 
until  all  be  fulfilled.  So  let  us  be  up  and  doing.  By  and 
by  will  be  the  harvest  where  we  shall  reap,  if  we  faint  not, 
when  our  labor  is  ended.  Then  we  shall  go  to  one  of  those 
mansions  which  our  dear  Lord  spoke  of  to  his  disciples.  So, 

Be  wise  today,   'tis  madness  to  defer, 
Next  day  may  come  the  fatal  blow 
That  ends  life's  pleasures  here  below. 

But  what  if  not  prepared  to  meet  thy  destiny?  Where 
wilt  thou  go?  What  wilt  thou  do  to  end  thy  woe  in  vast 
eternity?  What  wilt  thou  do  to  mend  thy  wretched  state  if 
thou  hast  failed  below  to  make  thy  peace  with  him  who  led 
the  way  to  victory — the  Holy  One  who  left  his  throne  and  laid 
his  robes  aside  that  we  might  taste  his  joy  and  be  transformed, 
cleansed  and  made  new  creatures,  fit  for  his  Holy  Spirit  to 
dwell  in,  prepared  for  the  master's  use  that  we  might  be  par 
takers  of  His  Holiness? 

Did  you  ever  consider  what  it  cost  the  Father  and  the  Son 
of  Immortality  to  redeem  our  souls,  man's  only  prize  onto 
which  he  can  hold?  All  else  must  perish,  must  vanish  and 
disappear  like  frost  before  the  sun.  What  then  will  we  have 
left?  It  will  be  then  that  we  will  realize  that  eternity  was 
worth  looking  after.  Is  time  granted  to  us  only  to  please  our 
fancy  or  to  lay  in  rich  treasures  for  the  eternal  harvest  ?  What 
think  you?  Have  we  nothing  to  do  but  to  eat  and  drink  and 
spend  our  days  as  a  tale  that  is  told,  receiving  all  these  bless- 

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ings  from  God's  bountiful  storehouse  and  returning  no  grati 
tude,  no  service,  but  accept  it  like  swine,  and  then  trample 
all  His  sacred  warnings  under  our  feet  and  go  on  in  sin  like 
the  ox  to  the  slaughter,  heeding  nothing  to  which  we  can 
cling?  Is  this  wise  or  intellectual  or  prudent? 

If  we  continue  at  this  rate, 

What,  then  and  there,  will  be  our  fate, 
When  we  have  found  it  is  too  late, 

To  make  amends  for  wasted  time? 
This   inconsistent,   shameful   way, 

We  have  of  doing  things  today. 
Is  madness  to  endure, 

And  live  like  those  in  blindness, 

And  say  there  is  no  cure. 

Are  we  so  stupid  we  can't  grasp  the  meaning  of  the  times? 
That  which  shows  the  danger  of  God's  wrath  upon  us  like  the 
Niniviter,  \vhen  Jonah  was  sent  to  warn  them  against  their 
practical  wickedness.  But  they  were  wiser  than  we  for  they 
took  the  warning  and  fasted  and  prayed  for  mercy.  God  for 
gave  them  at  that  time  and  spared  their  city,  but,  later  on, 
they  rebelled  and  went  into  idolatry,  and  were  overthrown. 
This  is  what  I  fear,  for  God  will  not  always  strive  with  man. 
and  with  us  as  a  nation.  We  have  no  excuse  for  we  have  been 
favored  of  God  above  other  nations  and  still  there  are  thou 
sands  who  have  not  accepted  the  Gospel  as  their  guide ;  this  is 
why  we  have  so  much  sin  and  contention.  For  example,  we 
will  take  the  prisoners.  They  claim  that  if  they  had  been 
taught  the  word  of  God,  as  written  in  his  sublime  volume  and 
taught  in  Christian  homes,  that  they  would  never  have  gone  to 
a  felon's  cell.  Only  think  of  the  excruciating  misery  and  woe 
we  have  filling  our  land  which  ought  to  be  like  Paradise  for 
purity.  And  0,  how  the  awful  sadness  of  neglect  brings  about 
the  saddest  results. 

And  you,  brother  Catholics,  your  prisoners  as  well  as  ours 
claim  the  same  thing.  Now  why  withhold  the  sacred,  sublime 
Word  from  your  people  which  they  need  so  much,  just  as  much 
as  we  need  daily  food,  for  this  is  the  only  food  we  have  for  the 
soul.  May  God  help  us  to  see  these  truths  and  improve  them 
while  we  may,  for  time  is  fleeting  and  won't  wait  for  us  to  play 
away  golden  opportunities. 

Remember  the  saloon  is  another  tragic  traffic  that  sends 
thousands  to  our  prisons,  while  the  very  ones  who  ought  to  be 
there  go  free.  Things  are  in  a  terrible  condition  today  Thou 
sands  on  account  of  them  are  going  without  bread  while  these 


monsters  of  iniquity  are  often  overfed,  while  by  their  cursed 
traffic  our  darlings  are  often  led  into  felon's  cells,  and  we  fold 
our  hands  reconciled  to  their  fate.  I  fear  we  will  cry  when  it 
is  too  late.  What  kind  of  an  eternity  can  we  hope  for  and  let 
things  go  on  at  this  rate?  What  can  be  our  fate?  We  act  as 
though  these  were  trifling  matters  so  long  as  the  saloon  pays 
our  school  tax,  and  we  save  that  much  in  dollars  and  cents,  it 
doesn't  matter  how  many  thousand  mothers'  sons  are  bound  in 
a  felon's  cell.  That  doesn't  matter  so  long  as  it  pays  our  school 
tax  to  educate  what's  left.  It  will  cost  less  and  the  license 
won't  need  be  quite  so  high  and  they  won't  have  to  drug  quite 
so  much  or  else  make  more  profit  and  put  less  salt  in  their 
crackers. 

Say,  clear  Christians,  do  you  know  that  those  dens  are  open 
at  five  o'clock  or  earlier,  and  the  first  slave  to  drink  that  goes 
there  in  the  morning  gets  his  drink  free?  This  is  done  to  get 
the  last  dime  from  the  poor  maniac  before  he  goes  to  work. 
In  this  way  they  form  his  appetite  for  the  day  and  often  for 
life,  keeping  his  head  full  of  evil,  his  pocket  empty. 

Now,  dear  voters,  how  would  you  like  your  son  treated  in 
this  way  until  helpless  and  drove  to  steal  for  a  living,  then 
murder  in  a  fit  of  drunkenness  and  have  to  go  to  a  felon's  cell, 
and  the  perpetrators  of  all  vice  and  crime  go  free  to  continue 
his  cursed  business  in  pomp  and  grandeur,  having  the  best  of 
the  land  as  his  reward  here.  But  what  of  the  hereafter?  Can 
any  one  know  these  things  and  believe  there  is  no  future  pun 
ishment?  Not  and  believe  there  is  a  God  who  has  required 
His  subjects  to  clean  up  the  ground  that  the  righteous  seed  may 
have  a  chance  to  take  root  and  bring  forth  fruit  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  God  and  salvation  to  men. 

How  can  we  go  to  sleep  at  night  and  know  the  truth  of  such 
a  state  of  appalling,  despairing  tragedy  ?  We  ought  to  rise  like 
an  army  in  defence  of  our  boys,  our  country,  our  rights,  which 
are  trampled  under  foot,  and  relieve  our  captives  made  so  by 
drink.  This  crime  has  caused  much  sorrow  in  this  beautiful 
country,  which  cost  our  forefathers  their  lives  to  make  us  free 
from  oppression.  If  our  prisons  were  thrown  open  and  work 
furnished  their  inmates  I  don't  believe  they  would  do  us  half 
the  harm  that  the  whiskey  traffic  is  doing.  There  is  nothing 
surer  than  that  we  are  bringing  dire  doom  upon  our  nation  by 
this  blackest  of  all  vices,  which  proves  our  weakness. 

If  we  would  read  history,  we  would  know  that  the  rise  and 
fall  of  nations  came  from  holding  on  to  or  letting  go  of  God. 
Read  the  rise  and  fall  of  nations  in  ancient  times,  and  you  will 
be  fully  convinced  that  we  have  everything  to  do  with  the 

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Holy  Hand  of  God.  We  can  mwve  God  either  to  love  or  wrath. 
He  is  a  tender,  loving  father  when  we  obey  but  we  can  turn 
him  away  and  bring  his  judgment  upon  our  temporal  affairs 
as  well  as  our  spiritual.  Read  the  word  of  God  and  you  will 
get  light  on  these  truths.  Read  how  God  brought  down  the 
mighty  in  sin  by  his  Almighty  power  ruling  in  this  world, 
Whom  we  should  all  fear  to  offend  or  disobey.  I  think  if  we 
all.  as  rational  beings,  would  bow  the  knee  in  submission  to 
his  required  will  and  not  be  trying  to  excuse  our  negligence, 
but  spring  to  the  front  saying  like  Isaiah,  ''Here  am  I.  Take 
me,  Lord,  and  handle  me  for  Thy  glory."  If  we  knew  the 
joys  laid  up  in  heaven,  for  such  who  are  waiting  to  be  sent  of 
God  into  his  great  field  of  labor,  we  would  be  up  and  doing 
everything  we  could  to  down  crime  and  exalt  righteousness,  for 
the  harvest  is  great  but  the  laborers  few. 

Now  may  the  good  Lord  help  us  to  see  the  great  need  of 
true  workers  that  will  grasp  every  opportunity  to  snatch  souls 
from  the  jaws  of  the  oppressor.  How  appalling  to  behold  the 
situation.  Saloons  everywhere  as  though  we  had  to  have  them. 
What  for?  Do  they  make  people  Godly?  Are  they  of  a  refin 
ing  advantage?  Who  do  they  benefit?  Are  they  an  honor  to 
society,  a  blessing  to  Christianity?  Do  they  fit  anybody  for 
heaven?  If  not,  then  what  are  they  for  and  wTho  placed  them 
among  us,  and  for  how  long?  What  a  condition.  The  inferior 
ruling  over  the  superior  with  a  high  hand  and  nobody  able  to 
strike  off  the  shackles  and  say,  "By  the  grace  of  God  we  will 
have  freedom,  Christian  freedom,  and  will  no  longer  be  slaves 
to  this  enormous  crime,  but  prove  to  the  world  our  talent,  our 
culture,  our  heroic  character  and  power,  and  will  no  lonsrer 
bear  the  yoke  of  tyranny  and  submit  like  helpless  slaves." 

What  can  other  nations  say  for  us,  boasting  of  our  advan 
tages,  which  are  so  superior  in  many  respects  to  other  nations, 
and  for  which  we  owe  so  much  reverence  and  praise  to  our 
Great  Creator  for  so  many  special  favors?  Then  to  allow  our 
country  to  be  polluted,  contaminated  and  flooded  with  the 
blackest  crimes,  until  I  fear  we  shall  bring  the  judgment  of 
God  upon  our  country  for  our  sin  of  omission.  Since  we  will 
not  obey  His  sacred  requirements  He  has  to  chastise  us  with 
the  rod,  and  will,  until  He  takes  out  of  us  by  affliction,  sorrow 
and  disappointment,  for  we  must  pay  the  penaltv  for  disobedi 
ence  or  receive  our  dues  on  the  other  shore  of  vast  eternity, 
for  no  unclean  thing  can  enter  heaven. 

If  we  were  wrise  enough  to  search  the  Scriptures,  we  would 
understand  how  much  more  interest  we  would  get  out  of  our 
earthly  possessions  if  we  invested  in  spiritual  work,  evangel- 

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izing  the  world,  building  up  of  Christ's  Kingdom  in  the  hearts 
of  the  people,  instead  of  investing  so  much  in  the  things  we 
must  so  soon  leave  to  give  an  account  of  how  we  have  used  or 
abused  our  opportunities. 

Paul,  the  greatest  evangelist  ever  chosen  of  God  to  warn  all 
to  repent,  put  away  everything  that  would  hinder  the  progress 
of  true  and  undefiled  religion,  take  on  the  higher  life  that 
leads  to  peace  and  life  everlasting.  He  said  he  dare  not  neglect 
to  do  the  whole  council  of  God  lest  he  himself  become  a  cast 
away.  Now  we  have  the  proof  that  Christ  communed  with  him 
at  various  times,  giving  him  encouragement  each  time  to  press 
right  on ;  that  nothing  else  was  of  such  vast  importance  and 
that  he  should  receive  the  glory  awaiting  him.  So  he  got  so 
exultant  over  the  work  left  to  him  that  he  cared  nothing  for 
persecution,  for  he  said,  "It  will  bring  me  a  far  more  exceeding 
and  eternal  weight  of  glory  beyond  this  world  of  suffering 
and  wrong."  Now  if  Paul  had  a  work  like  this  to  do  what 
about  the  rest  of  us?  Have  we  only  to  enjoy  God's  bountiful 
blessings  and  return  no  thanks,  no  service?  Is  there  nothing 
for  us  to  recompense  ?  The  sacred  scriptures  say  it  is  appointed 
unto  men  once  to  die,  then  after  death  the  judgment.  Then 
is  it  not  important  to  search  God's  Holy  Word,  to  know  his 
requirements  and  do  them?  For  they  are  the  only  light  to 
life  eternal.  It  will  take  fortitude  with  God  at  the  head  to 
lead  on  to  victory.  Like  King  David  when  he  went  out  to 
defeat  the  Philistines,  first  taking  their  leaders.  That  is  just 
what  we,  as  intelligent  Christians,  must  do  or  we  can  never 
change  the  course  of  things.  The  enemy  has  got  the  inside 
track  and  they  work  while  we  sleep,  when  we  should  be  up  and 
doing. 

Now,  dear,  precious  ones,  get  out  and  work  for  humanity, 
for  Christ's  sake  and  your  own  souls'  sake  don't  cloak  nor 
sugar-coat  crime  any  longer,  but  stand  firm  like  men  of  God, 
men  of  character,  men  who  want  to  see  purity  reign  and  our 
churches  filled  with  holy  men  and  women,  raising  children  who 
will  make  laws  of  justice  and  who  will  imprison  the  right  one 
if  need  be.  I  believe  the  day  is  dawning.  I  believe  God  has  a 
host  who  will  stand  to  their  post  when  they  are  convinced  of 
the  error  we  are  committing  by  remaining  silent.  So  let  us  all 
be  loyal  to  our  trust,  keeping  the  Golden  Rule  before  us  with 
the  ten  commandments,  winding  up  with  the  apostles'  creed. 
Then  with  a  Halleluiah  give  glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  peace 
on  earth,  and  good  will  to  men,  closing  with  our  precious  Lord's 
prayer,  who  has  given  us  such  marvelous  light  and  inspiration 
in  his  sublime  word,  which  speaks  with  majestic  power  until 


angels  rejoice  and  myriads  wait  for  His  Word.  He  speaks 
and  eternity  is  filled  with  his  voice,  re-echoes  the  praise  of  our 
Lord,  who  has  promised  to  be  with  you  in  your  troubles  and 
sanctify  to  you  your  deepest  distress,  if  you  are  true  to  your 
trust.  Now  what  more  can  He  say  to  you  than  He  hath  said  I 
To  you,  who  to  Jesus  for  refuge  have  fled,  he  said : 

Fear  not,  I  am  with  thee,  0  be  not  dismayed, 
I  am  thy  God  and  will  still  give  thee  aid. 

I  will  strengthen  thee,  help  thee  and  cause  thee  to  stand, 
Upheld  by  my  own  omnipotent  hand. 

When  through  fiery  trials  thy  pathway  shall  lie, 
My  grace  all  sufficient  shall  be  thy  supply ; 

The  flame  shall  not  hurt  thee,  I  only  design 
Thy  dross  to  consume  and  thy  gold  to  refine. 

The  soul  that  on  Jesus  has  leaned  for  repose, 
I  will  never,  no  never,  desert  to  his  foes. 

Savior,  visit  thy  plantation, 

Grant  us,  Lord,  a  gracious  reign, 
Or  all  will  come  to  desolation, 

Unless  Thou  return  again. 

Keep  no  longer  at  a  distance, 

Shine  upon  us  from  on  high, 
Lest  for  want  of  thine  assistance, 

Every  plant  will  droop  and  die. 

Once,  0  Lord,  thy  garden  flourished, 

Every  plant  looked  fresh  and  green, 
Then  Thy  word  our  spirits  cherished, 

Happy  season  have  we  seen. 

But  a  drought  has  since  succeeded, 

And  a  sad  decline  we  see ; 
Help,  0  Lord,  is  greatly  needed, 

Help  can  only  come  from  Thee. 

Let  our  mutual  love  be  fervent, 

Make  us  prevalent  in  prayer, 
Let  each  one  esteem  the  other, 

Shun  the  world 's  bewitching  snare. 

Break  the  tempter's  fatal  power, 
Turn  the  stony  heart  to  flesh, 
And  begin  from  this  sad  hour 
To  revive  Thy  work  afresh. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 
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THE  SALOON  INFLUENCE  AT  THE  BOTTOM  OF 
ALMOST  EVERY  CRIME. 

The  more  I  think  of  this  evil  of  all  evils,  the  more  desperate 
I  become  and  the  less  patience  I  have  to  bear  with  the  instiga 
tors,  perpetrators,  traitors  to  all  that  is  pure  and  right  in  the 
sight  of  a  Holy  God.  And  I  want  to  say  right  here,  that  all 
women  who  dare  vote  for  a  murder  den  like  the  saloon,  ought 
to  be  put  where  many  a  good  mother's  boy  has  been  put  on 
account  of  the  vice,  of  all  vices  the  most  deadly  on  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

Who  can  describe  the  depths  of  its  horrors — the  starving, 
ragged,  uncared  for,  innocent  children,  made  in  the  image  of 
God,  for  God's  divine  spirit  to  dwell  in,  yet  tortured,  degraded, 
demoralized  instead  of  Christianized,  and  we  not  accountable? 
Are  we  insane,  blind,  deaf,  demoralized  so  that  we  cannot  com 
prehend  the  situation?  What  does  the  world  at  large  say  of  us? 

It  is  true  we  have  been  highly  favored  of  God,  as  a  nation, 
but  so  were  the  Jews,  at  one  time.  But  now  are  they  not  scat 
tered  like  lost  sheep  for  rebelling,  for  profaning  God's  sanctu 
ary,  violating  His  holy  laws?  And,  just  like  them,  we  shall 
reap  as  we  have  sown  and  pay  the  penalty  of  suffering,  starved 
humanity,  caused  by  this  awful  traffic,  set  up  to  rob  and  ruin, 
and  separate  man  from  God,  separate  men  from  their  wives, 
fill  orphans'  homes  with  half-fed  children,  fill  the  asylums  with 
abused  women.  0,  God  only  knows  the  depths  of  its  indescrib 
able  misery  and  woe. 

Don't  think,  dear  voters,  that  you  are  going  to  sail  into 
heaven  over  a  land  like  this  filled  with  crime,  which  God  put 
you  here  to  remove.  Now  think  of  these  things  before  it  is  too 
late,  for  as  sure  as  you  live  you  will  meet  your  fate,  which 
will  be  according  to  your  works.  Your  record  will  not  be 
according  to  your  appearance.  That  is  not  the  way  God  keeps 
record.  So  beware  lest  you  deceive  yourself  and,  when  weighed 
in  the  balance,  will  be  found  wanting. 

Vain  man,  thy  fond  pursuit  forbear, 

Repent,  thy  end  is  nigh. 
Death,  at  the  farthest,  can't  be  far, 

O,  think  before  thou  die. 
Reflect,  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save, 

Thy  sins,  how  high  they  mount; 
He,  the  holy  One,  calls  thee  hence, 

How  stands  that  dread  account? 


What  is  the  matter  with  trie  people?  Cannot  you  see  how 
much  richer  and  grander  this  glorious  country  of  ours  would 
be  if  we  would  wipe  out  these  curses  that  crush  so  many  mul 
tiplied  thousands  of  homes,  leaving  them  destitute,  and  hun 
dreds  of  thousands  in  State  prisons  who  might  be  caring  for 
their  families  were  it  not  for  these  traps,  which  are  set  only 
as  robber  dens  to  tempt  the  appetite  of  the  weak,  while  their 
wives  at  home — many  of  them  doing  washing  and  raising 
babies  on  a  mere  starvation  mite — they  can  make  and  pay  the 
rent.  Is  this  a  proof  of  intellect  or  of  sympathy?  Pity  the 
man  or  woman  that  can 't  weigh  such  matters  and  judge  accord 
ingly.  It  looks  to  me  like  apes  ought  to  know  more  than  we 
seem  to  know  in  many  respects. 

It  is  really  a  matter  that  has  puzzled  all  intelligent  human 
ity,  that  we  allow  these  terrors  to  go  on  from  generation  to 
generation,  a  detriment  to  all  morality,  hindering  the  spread 
of  righteousness,  for  right  living  means  righteousness.  We  are 
encouraging  the  very  thing  that  hinders  the  spread  of  the 
Gospel  and  allow  men  to  rule  over  us  who  are  so  inferior  that 
we  would  not  be  seen  with  them  anywhere,  and  yet  wre,  with 
all  our  advantages,  are  no  better  or  we  would  not  be  their 
supporters.  Shame  on  the  man  that  has  not  got  principle 
enough  to  stand  by  the  right  and  resist  the  foe.  We  would  be 
very  brave  if  some  other  nation  were  to  come  and  try  to  usurp 
our  government,  but  they  can  usurp  our  boys  by  the  million, 
and  no  account  is  taken  of  that. 

The  saloon  traffic  is  like  an  army  with  sword  in  hand  that 
smites  all  who  come  in  contact  with  it.  You  say,  pay  us  the 
price  and  you  have  the  right  of  way ;  you  can  slay  all  who 
come  under  your  influence.  They  are  like  lariated  vipers, 
given  all  the  rope  they  want  to  reach  to  the  extent  of  their 
ability,  a  pretended  checkrein,  that  only  checks  when  some 
thing  very  serious  has  happened. 

Now,  brethren,  don't  allow  them  to  blindfold  you  any 
longer,  but  arouse  to  your  spiritual  interests,  as  well  as  tem 
poral,  and  count  the  cost.  How  much  does  it  cost  to  run  the 
police  force  of  the  United  States?  What  does  it  cost  to  run 
our  courts,  pay  lawyers  to  cover  crime,  pay  for  keeping  all 
the  paupers  and  criminal  houses  of  different  branches?  One- 
tenth  of  these  buildings  would  be  sufficient  to  supply  the 
demand  were  it  not  for  the  rum  curse. 

Can  we,  wTho  claim  to  have  the  light  of  God's  spirit  shining 
in  our  hearts,  tolerate  or  vote  for  these  conditions?  Can  we 
fold  our  arms  and  let  the  rattlesnake  charm,  entice,  coax  and 

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persuade  those  whose  minds  are  weak  and  appetite  strong, 
just  to  get  their  last  dime,  then  send  them  home  to  an  empty 
cupboard,  half  clothed,  half  starved  children,  and  a  wife  wasted 
to  a  skeleton  for  the  want  of  home  comforts  ?  There  is  no  mind 
that  can  picture  the  terror  of  such  homes.  Are  we  going  to 
let  this  power  rule,  or  are  we  going  to  strike  off  the  shackles 
that  bind  men  like  fetters  of  iron  to  the  stake,  to  become  mar 
tyrs  to  the  last  endurance  ? 

I  see  but  one  way  this-  monster  of  tyranny  can  be  success 
fully  handled,  and  that  is  to  handle  it  as  the  coinage  is  handled. 
There  should  be  but  one  brewery  in  the  United  States  and  only 
enough  intoxicants  made  to  fill  the  demand  for  medical  pur 
poses.  This  could  be  done  if  those  we  place  at  the  head  of 
government  would  work  for  it  as  they  work  for  partyism. 
If  every  voter  knew  his  own  interests  they  would  soon  exter 
minate  the  murder  dens. 

So  be  wise  today,  'tis  madness  to  defer.  Next  day  may 
come  the  fatal  blow  that  ends  all  chance  to  right  these  neg 
lected  wrongs  or  neglected  rights.  We  may  not  have  much 
more  to  time  to  play  away,  for  it  is  allotted  unto  man  once  to 
die,  then,  after  death,  the  judgment.  We  can  escape  duty,  but 
not  judgment.  We  are  commanded  to  look  after  our  brother's 
welfare,  do  as  we  are  done  by  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ, 
for  he  said,  "Not  one  jot  or  tittle  shall  fail  from  the  law  until 
all  is  fulfilled." 

So  let  us  get  off  the  fence  and  go  to  doing  something  that 
will  count  in  judgment  as  well  as  here,  or  our  efforts  to  spread 
the  Gospel  will  be  in  vain,  our  labors  fruitless.  It  will  be  like 
sowing  good  seed  among  thorns,  where  the  ground  has  not  been 
cleared  off  nor  broken  up.  You  know  in  order  to  have  a  garden 
we  must  get  the  ground  clean  and  the  soil  ready  and  then 
keep  down  the  weeds.  Then  nourish  and  protect  it  from 
damage,  giving  it  the  proper  elements,  which,  in  comparison 
to  the  spiritual  work,  must  be  love  and  attention  out  of  a  pure 
heart.  It  must  then  bring  forth  good  results,  sixty  and  a 
hundred  fold  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  salvation  of  many 
souls.  He  has  promised,  if  we  would  sow  good  seed  and  keep 
do\vn  the  weeds,  that  He  would  water  and  bring  forth  the 
increase.  Then  truth  would  spread  like  the  yeast  in  tb**  meal, 
until  all  would  be  raised  to  a  higher  standard  of  living,  of 
usefulness,  serving  God  as  stewards.  Then  we  would  all  have 
an  influence  worth  while  and  the  world  would  soon  be  evangel 
ized.  We  are  said  to  be  God's  offspring  and  should  be  profit 
able  servants,  shining  as  gems,  chosen  as  God's  elect  and  pre- 

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eious.  He  said  we  should  be  the  salt  of  the  earth ;  but  if  the 
salt  has  lost  its  saving  power  it  is  good  for  nothing  but  to  be 
trampled  under  foot  of  man. 

We  could  have  things  our  own  way  if  we  were  true  to  God 's 
call.  Then  we  could  accomplish  that  whereunto  we  are  sent. 
Then  we  do  know  that  we  would  walk  the  golden  streets  of 
the  New  Jerusalem  and  be  worthy  to  sit  down  with  the  chosen 
of  God.  But  we  cannot  have  any  hope  of  nor  claim  on  a  happy 
home  on  the  other  side  and  allow  this  condition  of  things  to 
continue.  God  help  and  pity  ns  all,  for  we  know  not  what  we 
do.  We  ought  to  know  that  ye  are  making  for  ourselves  a 
dark  future.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


THE    PRODIGAL    SON. 

Brother,   hast   thou   wandered   far  from   thy   Father's   happy 

home, 
With  thyself  and  God  at  war  ?     Turn  thee,  brother,  homeward 

come 

Hast  thou  wasted  all  thy  powers,  God  for  nobler  uses  gave, 
Squandered  life's  most  golden  hours?  Turn  thee,  brother,  God 
can  save. 

Is  a  mighty  famine  now  in  thy  heart  and  in  thy  soul, 
Discontent  upon  thy  brow?     Turn  thee,  God  will  make  thee 

whole. 
He  can  heal  thy  deepest  wound,  He  thy  humblest  prayer  will 

hear, 
Seek  him  while  He  may  be  found,  call  upon  Him  while  He's 

near. 

Come  now  thou  long  expected  Jesus,  born  to  set  thy  people  free 
From  our  fears  and  sins  release  us,  let  us  find  our  rest  in  thee. 
Israel 's  hope  and  consolation,  hope  of  all  our  souls  thou  art, 
Sacred  desire  of  every  nation,  joy  of  every  longing  heart. 

Born  thy  people  to  deliver,  born  a  child  and  yet  a  king, 
Born  to  reign  in  us  forever,  now  thy  precious  kingdom  bring. 
Let  thy  own  eternal  spirit  rule  in  all  our  hearts  alone, 
Be  thine  all  sufficient  merit,  raise  us  to  thy  glorious  throne. 

— Writer  unknown. 
[32] 


LIVE    THE    CHRISTIAN    LIFE. 

Dear  ones,  how  I  wish  I  could  impress  upon  your  minds 
the  importance  of  living  a  Christian  life.  God's  word  says, 
work  out  your  own  salvation  with  fear  and  trembling.  Then 
He  says  whatsoever  we  sow,  we  shall  reap,  if  only  to  this  tem 
poral  life,  or  to  our  earthly  interests,  or  to  the  flesh,  we  shall 
only  reap  corruption ;  but  if  to  the  spirit,  life  everlasting. 

What  profiteth  it  us,  if  we  could  gain  the  riches  of  the 
world?  We  cannot  stay  with  them  nor  take  them  with  us  on 
the  other  side  where  we  must  go  to  receive  our  reward,  which 
must  be  according  to  our  works.  We  will  not  be  judged  there 
as  man  judges,  from  outward  appearances,  but  from  the  lives 
we  have  lived.  We  all  make  our  own  eternity.  God  says  work 
out  your  own  salvation  through  obedience  to  His  sacred  written 
law.  Then  he  says  strive  to  enter  in  at  the  straight  gate,  for 
many  will  strive  and  not  be  able.  Why?  Because  they  are 
taking  their  own  way  instead  of  God's  way;  trying  to  go  in 
on  their  good  moral  deeds,  which  is  only  service  to  man. 

Do  we  owe  service  or  honor  to  man  more  than  to  God? 
Morality  is  just  like  the  dough  before  the  yeast  or  leavening 
is  put  into  it.  1  say,  morality  alone,  is  just  like  the  dough  be 
fore  the  leaven  is  put  into  it.  We  know  it  cannot  be  used. 
Just  so  with  the  moral  person.  God  cannot  use  them  because 
the  spirit  that  raises  us  all  to  action,  to  a  higher  state  of  living, 
is  not  there :  consequently  we  cannot  be  used  by  the  Great  Mas 
ter.  But  when  we  are  converted,  and  have  fulfilled  all  right 
eousness,  then  we  take  on  the  spirit  of  God,  have  passed  from 
death  unto  life,  born  into  the  Kingdom  of  God's  grace  and 
have  become  heirs  to  His  promise.  Who  never  said,  seek  ye  my 
face  in  vain,  but  did  say  that  all  things  must  work  together  for 
good  to  them  that  love  God.  Then  He  said,  "If  ye  love  me,  keep 
my  commandments. ' '  Why  ?  ' '  That  it  may  be  well  with  you. ' ' 
Then  ye  shall  go  in  and  possess  the  good  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  obey. 

So  remember,  dear  ones,  that  your  heaven  will  be  just  what 
you  make  it.  Your  harvest  will  be  according  to  your  sheave- 
gathering.  It  makes  no  difference  what  the  people  are  saying 
about  you.  They  may  say  you  are  a  good  fellow,  but  that 
won't  stand  the  test  in  judgment.  God  has  made  this  great 
world  and  filled  it  with  every  innumerable  blessing,  every  con 
ceivable  thing  that  man  can  use,  or  convey  into  use.  Then 
given  us  such  miraculous  intellect,  such  a  wonderful  material 

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make  up,  so  great  that  men  can  never  conceive,  nor  compre 
hend,  nor  fathom.  We  are  a  wonder  to  ourselves,  a  mysteriovis 
wonder.  And  the  more  we  try  to  look  into  the  depths  of  His 
Great  Power  the  more  we  are  confused  and  dumfounded,  for 
His  wisdom  is  past  finding  out.  So,  since  we  cannot  understand 
His  Great  Power,  let  us  be  wise  and  accept  his  kind  offer  of 
salvation,  which  cost  him  so  great  a  sacrifice,  proving  His  un 
told  love  and  mercy  to  an  ungrateful,  dying  world  of  sinners. 

Why  not  be  glad  to  accept  his  terms  and  not  try  to  get  into 
heaven  with  empty  lamps,  like  the  five  virgins  ?  They  had  faith 
but  no  works.  The  scripture  says,  believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved.  Is  just  believing  sufficient?  Let  us 
see.  Christ  said  "the  devils  believed  and  trembled."  What 
do  we  understand  by  this?  They  knew  their  time  had  come. 
That  Christ's  coming  would  destroy  their  power.  God  has  done 
everything  to  destroy  the  power  of  sin  and  now  leaves  it  with 
us  to  make  our  choice.  Shall  we  choose  the  road  to  peace  and 
joy  or  go  down  in  despair,  willfully,  when  such  riches  are 
offered  unto  us?  Eternal  riches,  which  this  world  cannot  give 
nor  take  away. 

God  says  He  will  not  withhold  any  good  thing  from  them 
that  walk  uprightly.  Then  how  can  we  accept  so  many  bless 
ings  from  the  All-bountiful  Giver  and  return  nothing?  How 
can  we  abuse  such  mercies?  How  can  we,  as  rational  beings. 
turn  away  from  His  pleading  voice  Who  said,  "all  things  must 
work  together  for  good  to  them  that  love  God"?  Hasn't  He 
done  enough  for  us  all  to  win  our  love  and  make  us  say  like 
Joshua,  "Let  others  do  as  they  will;  as  for  me  and  my  house, 
we  will  serve  the  Lord ' '  ?  We  all  owe  our  service  to  Him  which 
is  very  little  compensation  in  return  for  the  millions  of  favors 
we  are  continually  receiving  from  His  bountiful  hand,  which 
we  should  appreciate  and  return  in  obedience  and  service.  Do 
you  ever  think  how  the  golden  opportunities  are  slipping  away  ? 
Time  is  fleeting,  life  is  uncertain.  We  have  no  claims  on  that, 
for  time  belongs  to  God  and  is  only  loaned  to  us  to  prepare  to 
meet  him,  so  sacred  and  holy,  and  it  is  only  through  his  mercy 
we  are  spared  from  day  to  day.  It  is  not  because  we  are  profit 
able  servants  but  because  of  His  great  love,  and  when  we  neg 
lect  to  grasp  these  truths  we  cheat  ourselves,  for  God  said,  "I 
will  not  always  strive  with  man."  The  day  of  grace  will  not 
always  hold  out.  You  may  have  had  the  last  opportunity  to 
turn  your  back  on  sacred  duties.  God  said  if  we  would  live 
worthy  we  should  eat  of  the  tree  of  life  which  stands  in  the 
Paradise  of  God.  Then  He  said  we  should  also  eat  of  the  hidden 
manna.  Then  He  has  offered  us  the  bread  of  life  and  to  drink 

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at  the  fountain  head  and  have  all  of  heaven  that  we  can  enjoy, 
if  we  will  heed  his  warning  voice.  Now  is  not  this  enough  to 
make  us  fall  at  His  feet  and  say,  "Yes,  gracious  Lord,  I  am  not 
worthy,  but  will  obey  and  do  the  best  I  can, ' '  not  through  fear, 
but  through  love,  and  say,  "0,  for  a  closer  walk  with  God." 
Everything  else  is  presumption. 

Dear  Lord,  pity  us.  We  know  not  what  we  do  when  we  sin 
against  Him  and  our  own  souls.  So  pray  much  and  fast  for 
the  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  poured  out  upon  the 
people. 

God  helping  us  all  to  do  our  part  and  then  He  will  come  to 
the  rescue.  May  not  our  efforts  return  unto  him  void,  but  may 
they  accomplish  that  whereunto  He  has  sent  us. 

Knowledge  is  to  know  the  will  of  God  and  wisdom  is  to  do 
it  with  all  our  heart,  soul,  mind  and  strength. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


CHILD'S    PRAYER. 

Jesus,  tender  Shepard,  hear  me; 

Bless  Thy  little  lamb  tonight; 
Through  the  darkness  be  Thou  near  me; 

Keep  me  safe  till  morning  light. 

All  this  day  Thy  hand  has  led  me, 
And  I  thank  The  for  Thy  care ; 

Thou  hast  warmed  me,  clothed  and  fed  me ; 
Listen  to  my  evening  prayer. 

Let  my  sins  be  all  forgiven; 

Bless  the  friends  I  love  so  well : 
Take  us  all  at  last  to  heaven, 

Happy  there  with  Thee  to  dwell. 

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MY  FIRST  ATTEMPT  AT  RHYME. 

I  had  been  requested  to  write  a  poem  without  any  knowl 
edge  of  what  to  take  as  a  subject,  so  I  decided  to  take  the  story 
of  Saul  of  Tarsus,  his  miraculous  conversion,  as  we  read  it  in 
God's  divine  word.  So  I  looked  to  God  for  guidance  and  this 
is  what  He  gave  me : 

I  know  nothing  of  Damascus,  only, 

That  the  Saints  were  gathered  there, 
Which  speaks  the  highest  praise 

Of  a  city  anywhere. 
Paul,  going  to  Damascus, 

The  Christians  to  molest, 
For  he  was  then  a  persecutor 

Of  grace  and  righteousness; 
But  Jesus  met  him  on  the  way  and  said, 

"Enough  of  this,  dear  Paul, 
You  stop  right  here, 
While  I  make  clear 

The  mystery  to  you  all." 
"Arise,"  said  He,  "and  do  not  wait, 

Make  right  your  wrongs  before  it  is  too  late, 
Be  up  and  doing  while  it  is  day, 

For  soon  the  time  will  pass  away. 
Now  I  will  show  you  what  to  do, 

Now  go  away  and  thus  pursue 
The  work  I've  left  to  you— 

'Tis  not  a  little  you  will  find, 
When  you're  restored,  for  you  are  blind. 

Now  hurry  on  and  thus  make  haste, 
Make  up  the  time  for  years  of  waste, 
And  do  the  work  you're  fitted  for 
Instead  of  always  making  war 
Upon  the  saints  while  here. 
Go,  prove  to  them  and  make  it  clear 
That  you're  a  chosen  vessel  here, 
To  bear  the  gospel  truth  the  world  around, 

That  you're  transformed  and  must  abound, 
In  greater  work  than  any  found, 
And  never  to  shrink,  or  shirk, 
As  long  as  time  gives  place  for  work." 

This  shall  be  my  mission,  thank  my  God  for  the  light  of 
revelation  through  His  inspiring  word,  so  precious  and  sub 
lime.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

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HOW  TIMES  HAVE  CHANGED  THE  COURSE  OF  JUSTICE 

Fifty  years  ago,  how  we  were  crying  freedom  for  the  black 
race  and  now  we  can  close  our  eyes  and  have  half  a  million  of 
our  own  race  in  bondage  from  the  drink  habit  and  another  half 
million  locked  in  prisons,  half  fed  and  required  to  work  beyond 
their  strength,  not  allowed  to  speak  until  their  togue  grows 
to  the  roof  of  the  mouth.  Who  cares,  so  long  as  it  is  not  any 
of  their  family?  We  don't  allow  the  Indian  to  have  rum  lest 
he  make  us  trouble,  but  our  own  white  slaves  we  can  pound 
over  the  head  because  they  are  not  so  strong  and  resentful  as 
the  Indian ;  not  so  capable  of  standing  for  their  rights,  and  we 
call  this  a  Christian  nation. 

The  good  Lord  pity  us  and  teach  us  wisdom,  light,  reason 
and  morality  for  heaven 's  sake  and  our  soul 's  sake  and  help  us 
to  pray  to  know  the  will  of  God  and  do  it  before  it  is  too  late. 

Every  one  who  votes  in  favor  of  the  saloon  curse  ought  to 
be  in  the  state  prison  for  just  one  year  and  fare  as  they  do 
who  have  been  put  there  for  years  for  committing  crime  when 
drunk.  If  this  could  be  brought  about  there  would  never  be 
another  saloon  opened  up  as  long  as  the  world  stands. 

God  put  us  here  to  rale  in  righteousness,  saying,  "Go,  evan 
gelize  all  nations."  This  is  His  command,  not  to  enslave  them. 
I  am  afraid  we  are  unprofitable  servants.  We  have  rule  and 
authority  and  can  have  right  or  wrong  prevail  just  as  the  rulers 
wish.  But  what  will  it  cost  in  the  end  should  be  the  question 
of  every  intellectual  being.  Who  wTill  pay  the  cost  in  the  end? 

I  hope  the  time  is  at  hand  when  God  will  put  His  Holy  Spirit 
upon  His  people ;  when  there  will  be  a  mighty  reform  every 
where;  when  men  and  women  will  cry  out,  "What  shall  we 
do  to  be  saved  from  the  vengeance  of  God  for  the  evils  we 
have  hugged  and  nourished  blindly?"  My  prayer  is  that  God 
will  send  us  prophets  like  Daniel,  Elijah,  Jeremiah;  men  full 
of  good  works  like  Cornelius;  men  who  love  to  do  the  will  of 
God  through  reverence  like  Abraham,  Moses,  Joshua,  Joseph, 
Nehemiah. 

How  I  wish  men  of  great  fortunes  would  have  these  books 
printed  by  the  million  and  put  in  every  home  as  far  as  the 
curse  is  found,  that  humanity  may  be  lifted  up  and  God  hon 
ored,  exalted  and  glorified:  Oh,  what  a  heaven  on  earth  we 
could  have  then.  Men  praising  the  Holy  God  instead  of  blas 
pheming  that  Holy  Name.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

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AWAKE    THOU    THAT    SLEEPEST    AND    ARISE    FROM 
THE  DEAD  AND  CHRIST  WILL  GIVE  THEE  LIGHT 

Dear  friends,  I  pray  you,  take  the  word  of  God  and  make 
it  your  guide,  your  light,  your  salvation  for  time  and  eternity. 
Tt  will  reveal  marvelous  truths  and  will  inspire  you  with  new 
zeal,  lift  you  above  temporal  and  unprofitable  desires  and  tasks 
which  will  count  nothing  in  the  future.  It  is  the  leading  hand 
that  will  lead  you  to  a  higher  standard,  above  the  little,  petty 
hindrances  which  so  hinder  the  progress  of  the  building  of 
Christ's  Kingdom  everywhere. 

When  we  can  see  ourselves  how  helpless  and  insignificant 
we  are  at  best,  then  God  can  use  us  for  His  glory  and  not  until 
then  are  we  sufficient  for  the  work.  We  must  be  humbled, 
brought  down  to  see  ourselves  as  nothing  and  Christ  all  in  all. 
When  we  will  begin  to  hold  up  Christ  to  the  world  and  talk 
only  of  eternal  things  then  something  worth  while  will  be  done 
and  not  until  then  will  we  accomplish  that  whereunto  \ve  are 
sent.  So  let  us  show  to  the  world  that  we  have  ability  sufficient 
for  the  task.  We  have  the  sweet  assurance  that  Christ  will  be 
with  us  when  we  strike  the  blow,  with  our  vote,  to  down  the 
curse  which  has  come  down  upon  us  like  a  death  knell,  shroud 
ing  our  land  with  the  appalling  crime — crime  for  which  we  are 
responsible  today.  No  wonder  our  cities  are  swept  away  with 
tornadoes,  floods  and  fire,  when  we  will  have  more  deathtraps 
than  churches.  But  churches  count  nothing  unless  the  mem 
bers  are  born  of  the  spirit  of  God,  which  is  to  put  off  or  put- 
away  all  sin  that  hinders  the  spread  and  power  of  Christ's 
teachings.  To  be  a  Christian  means  to  be  converted,  to  live  a 
pure,  clean  life. 

No  one  is  a  Christian  until  he  puts  on  a  Christ-like  life. 
Neither  can  they  have  any  hope  of  heaven  until  they  are 
cleansed  from  all  unrighteousness.  God  made  this  beautiful 
world ;  fitted  it  with  everything  but  sin.  Then,  while  we  were 
taking  our  ease  in  Zion,  the  devil  came  and  sowed  tares  which, 
just  now,  seem  to  be  filling  the  land  with  the  fruit  of  crime,  the 
blackest,  excruciating  misery  and  woe.  This  is  wThat  has  swept 
in  upon  us  while  we  have  been  seeking  for  the  unprofitable 
gain,  which  only  mars  the  souls  of  men  and  leaves  a  guilty 
stain,  while  we  are  filling  this  God-given  land  with  the  graves 
of  broken-hearted  mothers,  starved  wives  and  frozen,  unfed, 
unclothed  children,  which  can  never  be  described  on  this  side 
of  eternity,  where  we  must  reap  as  we  have  sown. 

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You  dear  people  who  can  support  a  million  saloons  ought 
to  be  able  to  build  work  shops  enough  to  supply  idle  men  with 
labor.  There  will' be  more  than  a  million  idle  before  the  close 
of  another  year,  and  what  is  going  to  be  done  with  the  starv 
ing  multitudes? 

Let  them  perish  with  their  families  and  still  support  the 
saloons?  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  HOME  DEPARTMENT  WORK. 

I  have  been  handling  the  Home  Department  Work  and  can 
assure  you  that  it  is  one  of  the  most  fruit  bearing  of  any  work 
which  can  be  handled  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  salvation 
of  souls. 

My  dear  Christian  people,  I  rejoice  that  I  can  bring  you 
encouraging  word  concerning  the  Home  Department  Work. 
T  realize  that  the  Home  Department  Work  is  of  much  more 
importance  than  generally  supposed  to  be.  It  will  reach  a  class 
of  people,  if  handled  with  interest,  that  otherwise  is  not 
reached,  therefore  we  cannot  give  it  up.  I  have  placed  it  in 
several  Catholic  homes  who  have  become  interested,  and  not 
only  appreciate  the  work,  but  have  given  money  to  forward 
the  cause,  that  those  who  are  not  able  to  take  part  in  it  might 
be  supplied  with  Quarterlies.  So  we  have  much  to  be  thankful 
for  in  this  direction.  I  am  sure  that  many  Catholic  people  can 
be  won  in  this  way,  for  many  of  them  are  hungry  for  divine 
food,  the  manna  that  feeds  the  soul,  the  holy  inspired  word 
of  God,  which  must  be  spread  until  it  reaches  all  the  king 
doms  of  the  earth.  So  let  us  be  up  and  doing  with  a  heart  for 
the  work  that  will  count  most. 

God,  helping  us  to  be  faithful  like  Paul  of  Tarsus,  that  we 
may  have  something  to  rejoice  over  when  we  are  done  with 
time  and  earthly  things.  So  may  our  whole  aim  in  life  be  for 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  salvation  of  souls  who  are  tossed  to 
and  fro  by  every  wind  of  doctrine  which  leads  them  away  from 
Christ,  and  the  true  light  of  the  gospel. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 
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SEEK   YE    FIRST   THE   KINGDOM. 

Our  heavenly  Father  has  given  us  rules,  laAvs  and  command 
ments, 

Which  we  should  not  abuse  but  strictly  obey, 
And  listen  to  his  warning  voice, 

And  hear  what  he  would  say, 
Then  we  could  walk  the  golden  strand, 

In  the  faraway  home  on  that  shore, 
Where  all  is  peace  in  that  heavenly  land, 

In  the  home  of  the  soul  ever  more. 

If  we  would  keep  the  golden  rule  in  practice  every  day, 

Its  glowing  brightness  would  not  rust  and  crumble  with 
decay. 

It  should  be  kept  before  the  mind  that  we  are  not  here  to  stay. 
Then  let  it  be  our  motto  here, 

To  hold  the  interests  of  others  dear, 
And  be  careful  of  what  we  say. 

Then  charity  with  her  golden  crown, 

Richest  in  grace  and  glowing  renown, 
Comes  humbly  in  to  find  a  place, 

To  prove  her  love  for  the  human  race. 
So  listen  to  her  sacred  voice, 

Pleading  with   each  one   to   make   her   virtues   their   only 

choice, 
And  put  her  garments  on, 

The   righteousness   of   faith    and   love   which   we've    been 
taught  so  long. 

Then  light  appears  impatient  to  reveal 

The  truth  which  we  should  learn, 
Has  waited  long  with  pressing  zeal, 

To  impart  to  us  in  turn. 
She  appeals  to  us  to  accept  her  plea, 

Which  she  will  gladly  give 
To  every  one  who  seeks  the  right 

That  they  may  look  and  live, 
Beyond  this  world  of  trials  here 

We  have  a  higher  home, 
Where  we  by  faith  can  realize 

The  glories  farther  on. 

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Then  let  us  all  like  Paul  press  on, 

To  the  higher  calling  there, 
And  never  mind  the  awful  wrongs 

Which  we  are  called  to  bear, 
That  will  make  us  far  more  grand  to  enjoy  the  blessings  there. 

So  fight  on  ye  ransomed  soldiers, 
A  victory  you  shall  win, 

When  you  have  conquered  Satan 
And  triumphed  over  sin. 

Then  knowledge  comes  hastening  in  to  speak  a  word  in  season, 

It  pleads  with  all,  on  that  power  to  call, 
And  use  some  common  reason, 

And  not  be  gossiping  around, 
But  strive  for  truth — let  that  abound, 

Exalt  her  while  she  may  be  found. 

Then  truth  came  weeping  with  bowed  head, 

And  claimed  there  are  few  who  care  for  all  she's  said. 

Her  heart  is  wrung  from  wrongs  like  these, 

For  there  are  few  on  earth  that  she  can  please ; 

Her  story  has  no  place  they  claim, 

Because,  in  this  age  and  day,  truth  cannot  reign. 

Composed  by  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GEAHAM. 


My  God,  I  thank  The,  who  hast  made 

The  earth  so  bright ; 
So  full  of  splendor  and  of  joy, 

Beauty  and  light; 
So  man3r  glorious  things  are  here, 

Noble  and  right. 

I  thank  The,  too,  that  Thou  hast  made 

Joy  to  abound ; 
So  many  gentle  thoughts  and  deeds 

Circling  us  round, 
That  in  the  darkest  spot  of  earth 

Some  love  is  found. 

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THE    MARVELOUS    AND    UNFATHOMABLE    LOVE    OF 
OUR    GREAT    CREATOR. 

The  goodness  of  God  should  bring  men  to  repentance,  which 
is  only  common  sense  if  we  could  realize  that  we  have  done 
nothing  to  merit  God's  favor.  He  is  under  no  obligation  to  us 
disobedient  rebels,  who  provoke  Him  continually  and  some 
times  gloi\s  in  ignorance,  having  neither  gratitude  nor  fear 
toward  Him,  Who  holds  all  things  and  by  His  majestic  power 
can  save  or  destroy.  Now  God  has  put  us  here  to  evangelize 
the  world  and  we  must  get  up  and  act  as  if  our  lives  depended 
upon  it.  Now  unless  we  do  this  there  will  be  little  accom 
plished,  for,  so  long  as  we  depend  on  some  one  else  to  do  the 
work  left  to  us,  the  work  will  diminish  instead  of  accomplish 
ing  that  whereunto  we  are  sent.  The  question  is,  shall  we 
despair,  give  all  into  the  hand  of  the  enemy,  letting  them  rule 
in  triumph  while  we  sit  down  and  fold  our  arms  in  helpless 
despair?  What  does  this  say  to  the  world?  What  for  our 
religion?  Shall  we  suffer  these  things  until  God  blasts  our 
nation  with  war  or  pestilence,  drought  or  flood  or  tornadoes? 
For  it  is  sin  which  brings  the  wrath  of  God  upon  the  children 
of  disobedience. 

Consider  how  God  has  blasted  the  prosperity  of  nations  in 
the  past  for  their  persistent  wickedness.  We  ought  to  be  afraid 
when  we  think  how  great  is  the  wickedness  in  the  cities  in  our 
midst,  almost  like  Sodom  for  abominations,  and  we  take  it  as 
a  matter  of  course.  How  blind  and  stupid  we  are  to  our  own 
interests.  Ji  the  money  that  is  wasted  for  intoxicants  was 
used  to  decorate  and  beautify  our  country  it  could  be  made 
like  the  garden  of  Eden — a  perfect  Paradise.  Then  every 
body's  heart  would  be  full  of  gratitude  and  praises  to  their 
blessed  God,  instead  of  so  much  blasphemy,  infamy  and  ingrat 
itude  to  the  All-Seeing  Eye,  Who  is  taking  account  of  all  our 
doings. 

We  often  see  these  sweeping  storms  which  God  sends  in  His 
wrath  to  warn  us.  Then  how  often  we  see  the  mercury  go 
down,  and  the  wind  rise  up,  while  God  pours  out  his  wrath  in 
an  unmeasurable  cup.  We  get  drought,  then  floods  with  all 
kinds  of  disaster,  yet  men  will  harden  their  hearts  and  persist 
in  evil  doings  as  though  they  expected  to  remain  here  through 
all  eternity,  without  ever  receiving  the  reward  of  their  doings. 
Strange  that  men  will  wraste  this  fleeting  life  in  avaricious 
desires  for  gain,  which  they  can  neither  stay  by  nor  take  with 

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them  when  they  leave  this  wicked  world,  made  so  by  the  injus 
tice  of  man,  which  is  all  contrary  to  the  teachings  of  the  Divine 
Guide. 

Why  do  we  waste  our  time  for  that  which  cannot  profit  nor 
benefit  any  one  but  only  mars  the  soul  for  eternity?  Our 
heavenly  Father  has  promised  us  so  much  if  we  would  hearken 
to  His  pleading  voice  to  come  out  of  darkness  into  the  light  of 
His  glorious  Gospel  which  will  bless  and  sustain  us  through 
all  the  trials  in  life  and  give  us  that  peace  and  consolation  at 
death  which  passeth  all  knowledge.  He,  the  Holy  One,  says, 
"Eye  hath  not  seen  nor  ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into 
the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which  God  hath  prepared  for  them 
that  love  Him." 

Has  not  Christ  offered  us  enough  to  win  our  attention,  our 
service?  What  more  can  He  do  than  He  hath  already  done, 
and  yet  promised  us  a  thousand  times  more  if  we  would  live 
worthy  and  fill  our  mission? 

Think  of  the  children  in  factories,  worked  to  death  to  sup 
port  drunken  parents,  and  who  is  to  blame  ?  All  who  can  vote 
the  curse  down.  Can  the  depths  of  misery  and  woe  ever  be 
known  until  we  are  called  to  give  an  account  of  how  we  have 
used  our  advantages  which  should  be  used  for  the  glory  of 
God  by  rescuing  the  helpless,  innocent  victim,  crushed  under 
the  rum  traffic  ? 

How  bravely  we  fought  to  free  our  black  slaves  from  bond 
age,  but  suffer  our  own  flesh  and  blood  to  be  bound  in  chains 
of  vice,  which  we  could  move  from  our  land  if  we  had  as  much 
love  for  God  and  humanity  as  we  have  for  money.  We,  as  a 
people,  worship  money  but  don't  understand  how  to  apply  it 
to  good  use.  It  is  not  saving  money  to  have  the  saloons  pay 
our  taxes.  It  takes  five  times  as  much  to  keep  up  public 
expenses  caused  principally  by  these  curses.  Would  that  we 
would  all  arise  in  the  name  of  God,  like  King  David  when  he 
went  to  slay  Goliath,  and  join  hand  in  hand  and  say,  by  His 
Grace  we  will  put  down  this  monster  of  iniquity  and  set  the 
captives  free.  If  we  as  Christians  would  work  as  the  enemy 
does,  righteousness  would  cover  the  earth  as  the  waters  cover 
the  deep.  But,  while  we  are  folding  our  arms  with  indiffer 
ence,  they  are  setting  their  traps  working  underhanded  to 
overthrow  our  efforts  before  we  get  them  established. 

I  think  if  our  churches  had  the  spirit  of  our  forefathers  and 
were  as  determined  to  overthrow  the  evil  and  stand  by  the 
right,  like  Washington  and  Paul  Jones,  one  of  his  great  leaders, 
who  declared  that,  with  the  help  of  God,  they  would  never 
take  down  the  flag  which  is  so  dear  to  us  today — but  would 

[43] 


give  his  last  drop  of  blood  to  save  it.  You  know  the  results. 
If  we  had  the  same  spirit  living  in  us  we  could  conquer  every 
thing  that  hinders  the  spread  of  the  Gospel.  How  did  Wash 
ington  lead  on  to  victory?  Through  prayer  and  close  commu 
nication  with  his  Creator,  never  trusting  to  his  own  strength 
hut  always  leaning  on  the  everlasting  arms,  which  will  sus 
tain  us  under  all  trials  and  bring  us  through  more  than  con 
queror. 

Now,  if  we  belong  to  God's  chosen,  let  us  show  it  by  our 
devotion  and  fidelity.  0,  if  we  were  only  true  to  God,  we 
would  have  less  earthquakes,  less  tornadoes,  less  pestilence,  and 
none  of  the  extremes  of  heat  and  cold.  It  is  our  disobedience 
that  brings  the  judgment  of  God  upon  us.  We  had  none  of 
these  triais  and  contagions  until  our  ancestors  rebelled  and 
provoked  the  Holy  Giver  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift,  for 
which  we  owe  reverence  and  obedience,  service  and  gratitude, 
and  these  we  must  render  if  we  want  the  favor  of  our  Great 
and  All-Seeing  God,  from  whom  we  can  hide  nothing.  By  and 
by  will  be  the  harvest  wrhen  our  labors  here  are  ended.  Then 
and  on  the  other  shore  we  shall  reap  as  we  have  sown.  Say. 
will  it  pay  to  gather  sheaves  for  the  great  harvest  ? 

Let  us  have  every  sacred  profession  spotless  and  harmo 
nious  and  oi'  such  character  the  world  will  discern  between  us 
and  those  TV  ho  live  half-hearted  lives.  Live  so  they  wrill  say  the 
union  bands  are  meeting  to  praise  King  Jesus. 

The  union  bands  are  meeting, 

I  have  them  in  my  view, 
I  want  to  see  them  join 

In  union  sweet,  and  love  divine, 
And  glory  through  the  churches  shine, 

A.nd  gentiles  crowding  to  the  sign, 
To  give  to  Jesus  glory. 

Then  we  can  sing; 

The   midsummer  sun   shines  but   dim, 
While  sweeter  than  music  His  voice, 

His  presence  dispenses  my  gloom, 
And  make  all  within  me  rejoice. 

Say,  my  dear  brethren,  shall  we  vote  for  the  rise  or  fall  of 
our  nation,  for  light  or  darkness,  for  freedom  or  bondage,  for 
wicked  oppression  or  righteousness,  for  purity  or  degradation  ? 
What  will  be  our  hereafter,  both  here  and  for  eternity?  Some 
of  us  are  living  in  pomp  with  every  luxury,  enjoying  every 


good  thing  that  earth  can  afford,  but  in  danger  of  having  the 
pearly  gates  closed  against  them. 

God  pity  those  who  stand  in  their  own  light.  They  know 
not  what  they  do.  Would  it  not  be  well  to  examine  ourselves 
and  see  where  we  stand?  Whether  we  are  in  favor  with  God 
or  have  lost  all  influence  to  save  and  rescue  men  from  the 
rattlesnake's  den?  These  dens  never  before  had  so  strong  a 
hold  on  humanity,  which  is  our  faul-t,  for  we  have  let  them  have 
their  own  way  while  we,  so  timid,  had  nothing  to  say.  That 
is  the  way  things  go  when  we  play.  We  kept  hands  off  as 
though  we  were  destined  here  to  stay,  as  though  men  were 
not  worth  looking  after,  until  our  land  is  filled  and  black  with 
crime  from  one  end  to  the  other.  This  will  grow  worse  and 
worse  as  long  as  we  suffer  the  foreigner  to  come  here  arid  set 
up  the  rattlesnake 's  den  to  charm  our  weak  ones,  void  of  intel 
lect,  who  know  not  the  worth  of  money  or  character. 

Why  do  we  cloak  anything  so  black  with  crime? 

We  should  go  to  work  at  once  and  build  work  shops  enough 
to  give  employment  to  every  idle  man  or  woman.  Then  set 
free  every  man  that  has  committed  crime  under  the  influence 
of  drink,  for  it  is  our  fault  that  we  have  murder  dens  all  over 
this  fair  land  of  too  much  freedom.  I  do  not  say  this  because 
I  am  interceding  for  relatives  or  friends,  for  I  have  not  a  rela 
tive  on  earth,  nor  never  did  have,  so  unfortunate  as  to  get  in 
the  penitentiary,  jail,  asylum  or  poor  house.  I  was  born  of 
better  ancestry,  thank  the  Lord.  My  mother  was  a  Quakeress 
and  all  her  people  as  far  back  as  we  can  trace  them.  My 
father  was  a  Methodist  and  so  were  all  his  people.  He  hated 
the  rum  traffic  far  worse  than  he  hated  highway  robbery.  He 
said  highway  robbery  was  not  to  be  compared  to  it.  Bait  men 
into  a  trap,  then  put  them  in  state  prison  for  life.  0,  may  God 
help  us  to  tear  off  the  shackles  of  tyranny  and  let  the  captives 
go  free  whom  we  have  helped  to  put  into  bondage,  who  would 
make  great  armies  if  free  again.  Half  of  them  have  more 
honor  no  doubt  than  those  who  run  the  trap.  The  man  catcher 
and  some  who  give  them  the  right-of-way,  I  fear,  will  never 
see  the  light  of  heaven. 

I  hope  and  pray  that  every  woman  will  vote,  as  conscience 
dictates,  for  the  upbuilding  of  Christ's  kingdom  in  the  hearts 
of  the  people.  But  the  way  must  be  cleared,  the  briers  and 
thorns  must  be  gotten  out  of  the  way.  We  must  go  to  the  leg 
islators,  and  all  in  authority,  and  plead  and  pray  with  them. 
So  let  us  work  with  a  zeal,  each  one  as  though  our  lives  de 
pended  on  its  success.  We  have  got  a  big  job  on  our  hands 
because  the  adversary  has  the  inside  track,  but  with  God  to 

[45] 


lead  out  we  can  conquer  every  foe.  He  is  only  too  willing  to 
lead  us  on  to  victory  when  we  strike  the  blow  for  liberty  by 
our  vote.  These  I  hope  will  be  millions  more  than  we  need, 
showing  the  noble  wisdom  and  fidelity  of  every  true  citizen, 
every  human  who  feels  for  fallen  humanity.  Then  \ve  can  sing 
"Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow,"  with  a  newT  mean 
ing,  a  heart  of  gratitude,  which  will  sing  like  a  silver  bell  from 
clean  hearts  renewed  and  made  new  and  clean  by  a  new  deter 
mination  to  stand  for  the  right,  for  purity,  for  everything  that 
will  count  in  eternity. 

If  we  do  not  lay  hold  of  the  valuable  riches  of  eternity 
while  we  are  here,  our  gain  here  wrill  all  be  loss  over  on  the 
shores  of  vast  eternity  to  which  we  are  so  fast  hastening. 

Dear  brother,  now  if  you  think  that  closing  the  saloon  is 
going  to  hurt  your  financial  business,  just  try  it  and  you  will 
find  it  the  reverse,  for  then  there  \vill  be  a  chance  of  your  get 
ting  a  good  share  of  what  is  spent  at  the  horrible,  consuming 
place,  which  is  like  a  consuming  fire,  swallowing  everything 
coming  in  contact  with  it.  You  ought  to  know  this  is  the  con 
densed  truth  which  would  bring  you  a  million  times  more  in 
eternity,  if  you  are  faithful  to  your  trust.  Now  if  you  will  not 
see  these  truths  in  time  then  you  must  learn  the  value  of  them 
by  dear  experience  when  it  is  too  late  to  profit  by  them.  God 
help  you  and  turn  you  to  Christ,  the  only  help  in  every  time 
of  need,  who  has  said  I  will  never  leave  nor  forsake  them  that 
are  true  to  their  calling.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


O  Word  of  God  incarnate, 

O  Wisdom  from  on  high, 
O  Truth  unchanged,   unchanging, 

O  Light  of  our  dark  sky; 
We  praise  Thee  for  the  radiance 

That  from  the  hallowed  page, 
A  lantern  to  our  footsteps, 

Shines  on  from   age  to  age. 


CHILD  LABORERS. 

(By  Elizabeth  Tousey,  in  The  Woman's  Journal.) 


Night  is  past  and  da}7  is  dawning,  and  the  world  awakes  and 

stirs, 

Rises  at  the  call  of  battle,  meets  the  struggle,  his  and  hers ! 
Man  and  woman  join  the  army.     Man  and  woman,  did  I  say? 
But  I  see  the  ranks  increasing — boys  and  girls  in  close  array ! 

Surely  not  to  grinding  labor?  Judging  by  their  years  and  looks, 
They  are  off  to  desk  and  schoolroom,  spelling-match  and  writ 
ing-books, 

With  a  merry  time  at  recess  and  an  afternoon  of  fun, — 
Whether  in  the  lane  or  alley,  children  love  to  play  and  run. 

No,  for  eight  or  ten  long  hours  they  must  ply  their  weary  tasks, 
Strain  their  sight  and  sap  their  vigor,  till  their  faces  grow  like 

masks, 

Lacking  lustre,  joy  and  spirit,  while  their  tired  bodies  bend 
And  their  patient,  unskilled  fingers  keep  on  working  to  the  end  ! 

Unskilled,  patient! — There's  the  reason,  there's  the  crime,  and 

there's  the  sting — 

That  the  weak  and  the  defenseless  must  endure  this  cruel  thing ! 
Innocence  and  blind  obedience,  which  should  shield  them  from 

all  wrong, 
Hold  them  slaves  to  kin  or  stranger,  the  unscrupulous  and 

strong. 

Can  we  profit  by  the  labors  which  their  task-masters  have 

wrung  ? 

Can  we  count  our  gold  and  silver  in  the  sorrows  of  the  young? 
Can  we  guard  our  health  and  comfort  while  disease  and  toil 

and  pain 
Warp  their  minds  and  mar  their  statures?     Perish    such    a 

ghastly  gain ! 

Look  upon  the  dumb  creation, — even  it  can  guide  and  teach  ! 
Does  the  swallow  force  its  fledgling  far  beyond  its  strength  and 

reach? 

For  the  hours  she  has  brooded  does  she  clamor  for  return? 
Must  the  parent  and  the  nation  seek  her  twittering  nest  to 

learn  ? 

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Shall  the  painted  savage  tell  us  that  such  things  ought  not 

to  be? 

Shall  we  yield  to  the  blinded  heathen  his  superiority  ? 
Has  Industrial  Ambition  graved  an  idol,  reared  it  Mgh, 
Fallen  to  the  earth  in  worship,  made  God's  truth  appear  a  lie? 

No,  the  mill  must  be  deserted  and  the  factory  must  fail 

Ere  our  country's  great  investment  shall  grow  feeble,  dull  and 

pale. 

By  the  promise  of  our  fathers,  by  the  standards  they  have  set, 
Wrongs  like  these  no  more  shall  flourish — we  can  never  quite 

forget ! 

Quite  forget  the  price  that  bought  us,  planted  us  upon  this  soil ; 
Quite  forget  the  prayers  and  perils,  sarificial  blood  and  toil, 
Which  established  our  republic,  flung  its  banner  to  the  wind, 
Held  it  forth  the  hope  and  refuge  of  a  storm-tossed  human 
being. 

Let  us  take  to  heart  the  lesson  taught  by  England  years  ago, 
Lest  we  reap  the  bitter  harvest  that  once  brought  her  pride  so 

low; 

Let  us  heed  the  wiser  counsel  of  those  peoples  o  'er  the  sea, 
Who  have  sown  a  better  seed,  now  ripening  for  posterity ! 

By  those  memories  of  childhood,  safe  and  happy,  free  and  blest ; 
By  those  ties  of  human  nature,  strongest,  deepest,  tenderest ; 
By  our  love  for  our  own  children  and  our  longing  for  their  weal 
May  we  not  forget  the  others— may  we  understand  and  feel ! 

By  the  Child,  divine  and  human,  smiling  in  His  manger-bed; 
By  His  calling  of  the  children  and  the  gracious  words  He  said ; 
By  His  parables  of  judgment  and  the  warnings  which  He  spoke 
To  the  shame  of  their  offenders, — up  and  break  their  heavy 
yoke ! 


As   when   the  weary   traveler  gains 

The  height  of  some  commanding  hill, 
His   heart   revives,   if  o'er  the  plains 
He  sees  his  home,  though  distant  still. 


WHAT  IS  THE  GREATEST  NEED  OF  ALL  NEEDS,  IN 
ALL  LANDS  OVER  THE  ENTIRE  GLOBE?  IT  IS 
THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  KNOWING  THE  CONTENTS 
OF  THE  BIBLE,  WHICH  WOULD  LEAD  MEN  IN 
THE  WAY  OF  LIFE  EVERLASTING. 


Dear  friends,  I  feel  that  I  must  awaken  to  a  sense  of  activ 
ity.  I  have  been  a  long  time  down  in  the  valley  of  humiliation 
as  one  dead  to  the  world.  No  one  can  ever  know  what  I  have 
suffered,  but  I  find  that  yielding  to  sorrow  does  not  advance 
the  Christian  cause,  so  I  must  plainly  tell  you  that  unless'  we 
take  up  the  work  in  a  different  form  we  might  just  as  well 
close  the  doors  of  the  church. 

The  Word  of  God  is  power,  wisdom,  light  and  inspiration 
and  is  able  to  save  to  the  uttermost  all  who  will  live  by  its 
teachings.  How  are  we  going  to  reach  the  masses  unless  we 
carry  God's  Word  to  them  and  get  them  to  take  an  interest 
in  the  Sacred  Volume?  Therefore  I  know  there  should  be  Bible 
readings  in  all  the  homes  that  can  be  reached,  for  as  long  as 
we  are  indifferent  there  will  be  nothing  accomplished,  no  gath 
ering  in.  Where  will  be  the  sheaves  for  the  harvest  and  what 
will  be  our  reward  for  duty  neglected? 

When  we  awaken  to  the  importance  of  shedding  the  Divine 
Light  there  will  be  some  things  worth  while  accomplished,  for 
the  people  will  soon  become  interested  not  only  in  their  own 
welfare  but  that  of  the  church  also  as  well  as  the  people. 

The  blessing  of  God  always  goes  with  His  Word  which 
alone  can  convince  them  that  there  is  no  other  way  whereby 
we  can  be  saved. 

Ezekiel  said  God  made  him  a  watchman  to  warn  the  people 
from  danger,  and,  if  he  failed  to  do  his  duty,  God  would  re 
quire  their  loss  at  his  hand,  so  if  we  have  the  spiritual  light 
and  don't  shed  it  we  shall  be  responsible  for  lost  souls  and 
there  is  no  way  of  getting  around  it. 

What  is  the  use  of  sending  the  Gospel  to  other  lands  and 
letting  our  own  dear  ones,  or  rather  our  own  moral  people, 
wrapped  up  in  their  good  moral  deeds,  which  is  only  of  service 
to  man  expecting  to  be  recompensed  in  return  by  man. 

But  what  does  the  Sacred  Word  of  God  say?  Ye  must  be 
born  again,  born  of  the  spirit,  born  into  the  Kingdom  of  Grace. 
What  is  that  ?  Born  into  the  love  and  communion  of  God,  that 

[49] 


we  may  be  partakers  with  His  Son  who  redeemed  us  with  His 
precious  blood  from  the  world  and  the  sins  of  the  world  to 
be  co-workers  with  him,  not  giving  up  to  the  petty  trifling 
things  but  seeking  to  win  souls  into  the  Kingdom  at  "any  cost, 
So  let  us  be  up  and  doing, 

With  a  heart  for  any  fate, 
Still  achieving,  still  pursuing, 

Learn  to  labor  in  God's  vineyard  and  to  wait. 
By  and  by  will  be  the  harvest, 

When  our  labors  are  ended  here, 
And  we  shall  reap  the  golden  grain, 

Seeing  then  the  fruits  of  labor 
Which  will  never  be  in  vain. 

God  has  intrusted  us  with  the  most  important  of  all  things, 
His  great  spiritual  work,  which  is,  of  -all  things,  the  last  that 
should  be  neglected.  The  Christian  people  make  the  Word  of 
God  of  non-effect  by  their  thoughtless  indifference.  If  religion 
is  not  of  all  things  most  important  why  was  it  necessary  for 
Christ  to  suffer  so  much  to  bring  us  into  the  light? 

Religion,  what  treasures  untold  reside  in  that  heavenly 
word.  More  precious  than  silver  or  gold  or  all  that  this  earth 
can  afford.  Then  why  do  we  waste  our  years  as  a  tale  that 
is  told? 

We  are  not  going  to  heaven  on  flowery  roads  of  leisure  or 
ease  while  others  fought  to  win  the  prize  and  sailed  through 
bloody  seas.  But  through  tribulation  ye  shall  enter  into  the 
Kingdom  of  God  for  we,  if  faithful,  are  promised  a  crown  of 
rejoicing  when  God  gathers  home  His  jewels. 

Only  think  what  Christ  suffered  to  bring  us  into  service 
that  we  might  be  crowned  heirs  of  salvation.  He  speaks  and 
ten  thousand  angels  rejoice  and  myriads  wait  for  His  word. 
He  speaks  and  eternity  is  filled  with  His  voice,  re-echoes  the 
praise  of  our  Lord. 

Once,  0  Lord,  thy  garden  flourished. 
Every  plant  looked  fresh  and  green, 

Then  thy  word  our  spirits  cherished, 
Happy  seasons  we  have  seen. 

But  a  drought  has  since  succeeded, 

And  a  sad  decline  wre  see, 
Help,  0  Lord,  is  greatly  needed, 

Help  can  only  come  from  thee. 

Let  our  mutual  love  be  fervent, 
Make  us  prevalent  in  prayer, 
[50] 


Let  each  one  esteem  the  other, 

Shun  the  world's  bewitching  snare. 

Break  the  tempter's  fatal  power, 

And  may  we  cease  from  being  rash, 

And  begin  from  this  sad  hour 
To  revive  thy  work  afresh. 

God  forgiving  and  helping  us  all  to  improve  the  future  and 
respond  to  His  call  for  the  welfare  of  souls. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


A   REMEDY. 

Dear  people,  who  are  looking  for  remedies  to  heal  your 
diseases,  which  you  are  far  more  interested  in  than  your 
eternal  interests,  which  are  a  million  times  more  profitable, 
I  will  give  you  the  best  remedy  now  known. 

First  stop  hugging  and  petting  your  diseases.  Let  go  of 
them  and  go  in  Christ's  name  and  begin  to  work  for  the  inter 
ests  of  others.  Work  diligently  and  faithfully  and  you  will 
be  well  before  you  know  it. 

Another  splendid  remedy  is  putting  off  selfishness,  getting 
rid  of  envy,  prejudice,  gossip  and  everything  that  hinders  the 
practice  of  the  Golden  Rule.  You  don't  know  your  worth 
until  you  start  out  with  a  determination  to  do  nothing  that 
hinders  Christ's  work.  When  you  make  this  a  specialty  you 
will  be  surprised  at  the  knowledge  and  light  you  will  obtain 
and  how,  by  faith,  you  will  mount  up  so  far  above, these  tem 
poral  desires  that  you  will  count  them  as  nothing  to  compare 
with  the  spiritual  work.  Then  you  will  sing : 
I  have  a  faith  that  satisfies,  i,, 

Since  I  have  been  redeemed  to  do  His  will  is  my  highest  prize. 
That  faith,  that  hope,  unseen, 

Is  wrorth  more  than  all  this  life  to  me. 
Of  all  the  fleeting  things  I  see, 

Cannot  compare  with  eternity, 
So  vast,  so  real,  so  grand  to  be.  -    <     ; 

Y/hat  then  is  all  this  vanity  worth  to  one  who,  by  faith, 
can  see  and  solve  the  greatest  mystery?  Success  or  failure  all 
depend  upon  good  sense  to  solve  the  problem^  weigh  the 
matter,  balance  accounts.  Launch  out  into  the  abyss  with 
two  good  oars  which  should  be  fidelity,  pure  Christian  devo 
tion,  with  cause  and  effect  as  the  problems  to  be  kept  before 
our  minds.  With  God  at  the  helm,  we  do  know  that  we  shall 
be  led  on  triumphantly  to  victory  by  Him  whose  word  cannot 
fail.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

[51] 


REDEMPTION  LIES  WITH  US. 

We  have  often  to  witness  such  terror  from  cruel  practices 
and  are  often  so  heartbroken  and  discouraged  at  the  thought 
of  the  suffering  caused  by  evil  for  which  we  as  a  community 
shall  be  responsible  and  we  must  pay  the  penalty  for  allowin'g 
humanity  to  be  crushed  under  the  heel  of  tyranny. 

When  discouraged  remember  Christ  has  said,  "I  will  never 
leave  or  forsake  my  OAVII."  If  Christ  forsakes  us  it  is  our  own 
fault.  It  is  because  we  have  not  been  faithful  to  our  trust. 
It  is  through  sorrow  that  we  are  cleansed  from  the  dross.  The 
dross  must  be  taken  from  the  gold  or  it  would  never  be  fit 
for  the  refiner  and  so  we  are  chastised  often  for  our  negligence 
and  disobedience. 

Our  thoughts  should  be  centered  more  upon  eternal  things 
and  not  so  much  upon  these  things  that  perish ;  then  we  would 
have  sweet  peace  that  passeth  knowledge.  The  great  mystery 
is  why  do  men  neglect  their  soul 's  interest,  seeking  this  world  rs 
possessions  which  they  can  have  no  claim  on  only  for  so  short 
a  time  when  they  might  claim  eternal  bliss  if  Christ's  voice 
they  would  obey,  but  no — they  seem  possessed  to  stray  the 
other  way,  not  realizing  that  there  will  come  an  awful  day 
when  we  all  must  sum  up  our  account,  meet  our  record,  receive 
our  destiny,  which  will  be  our  reward  according  to  our  works. 
How  strange  that  the  world  seems  to  be  running  over  with 
everything  but  religion. 

So  many  are  contented  with  a  kind  of  moral  life  which  i , 
only  service  to  man.  Some  in  the  church  haven't  even  got  that. 
They  are  busybodies  looking  more  after  their  neighbor's  faults 
than  after  their  own;  consequently  they  are  the  tares  that 
destroy  the  wheat.  Their  highest  mission  is  to  get  others  on  a 
level  with  themselves.  The  church  would  be  better  without 
such,  but  we  cannot  get  rid  of  them  without  injuring  the 
wheat,  so  the  Savior  said,  "let  them  alone."  They  will  be 
separated  at  the  great  final  day  of  Judgment. 

The  worldly  disobedient  have  these  things  for  an  excuse,  but 
how  much  better  are  they  who  trample  the  blood  of  the  cov 
enant  under  their  feet,  cast  the  sacred,  inspired  word  of  God 
behind  them,  saying  they  can  live  without  sacred  things.  But 
what  if  God  does  not  suffer  them  long  to  continue?  How 
will  it  be  when  time  is  taken  from  such  and  they  must  meet 
death  and  Judgment?  What  will  be  their  boasting  then?  Oh, 
for  common  sense  to  be  used  before  it  is  eternally  too  late 

[521 


God  said,  "Ye  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone  but  by  every 
word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. ' '  These  things 
are  only  material,  only  to  sustain  our  temporal  existence  while 
we  are  here  to  be  schooled  for  the  higher  life  of  our  eternal 
souls. 

Why  do  we  prize  so  highly  the  perishable  things  we  cannot 
stay  by,  nor  take  with  us  when  we  must  go  to  give  an  account 
of  how  we  have  used  these  material  things  which  are  only 
loaned  to  us  for  the  present  use  and  which  often  become  a  hin 
drance  to  our  spiritual  welfare?  Are  we  blind  to  our  spiritual 
welfare?  Are  we  just  drifting  with  the  tide  that  will  soon 
carry  us  beyond  hope  and  the  reach  of  help  ?  Is  the  desire  for 
avaricious  gain  taking  away  our  interest  in  eternal  blessing? 
The  Savior  said,  "Ye  must  be  born  again."  He  said,  "except 
ye  be  born  of  the  spirit,  ye  cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God." 
Then  he  said,  "If  I  have  told  you  of  earthly  things  and  ye 
believe  not,  how  shall  you  believe  if  I  tell  you  of  the  heavenly?" 
He  said,  "This  is  your  condemnation,  that  light  has  come  into 
the  world  and  that  men  love  darkness  rather  than  light;  be 
cause  their  deeds  are  evil ;  for  everyone  that  doeth  evil  hateth 
the  light  lest  their  deeds  be  made  manifest. " 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 

Due  descending  from  above 
Breath  of  life,  and  fire  of  love; 

Hear  us,    Holy   Spirit. 

Source  of  strength,  of  knowledge  clear, 

Wisdom,  godliness  sincere, 
Understanding,  counsel,  fear; 

Hear  us,    Holy   Spirit. 

Source  of  meekness,  love  and  peace, 
Patience,    pureness,   faiths   increase, 

Hope   and  joy   that  cannot  cease; 
Hear  us,    Holy   Spirit. 

[53] 


WHAT   I   WOULD   DO. 

As  T  passed  by  the  White  House  the  other  day, 

Where  the  President  lives,  you  know, 
I  saw  him  walk  out  through  the  gate  and  away 

Down  the  avenue,  stately  and  slow ; 
And  I  said  to  myself,  "Mr.  President,  if  1 

Were  chief  of  this  glorious  land 
And  lived  in  the  White  House  (I  may  by  and  by), 

I'd  write  with  a  resolute  hand 
This  message  to  Congress,  on  one  special  theme, 

To  which  not  a  President,  sir 
From  Washington  down,  very  strange  though  it  seem, 

Has  cared  or  dared  to  refer: — 

"To  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives: 

Since  figures  and  facts  that  are  plain  to  all 
Do  show  that  strong  drink  is  the  cause 

Of  nearly  three-fourths  of  the  crimes,  great  and  small, 
That  violate  God's  and  man's  laws; 

Since  millions  of  bushels  of  fruit  and  of  grain 
Are  rotted  and  spoiled  every  year 

To  make  fiery  stuff  that  burns  body  and  brain. 
While  thousands  are  starving,  'tis  clear 

That  prompt  legislation  is  needed  to  save 
The  people  from  this  deadly  foe; 

For  numberless  thousands  go  down  to  the  grave 
Each  year  as  its  victims,  we  know. 

"In  view  of  these  facts,  I  do  now  recommend 

That  Congress,  without  more  delay, 
Our  great  Constitution  proceed  to  amend, 

Prohibiting  in  every  way 
The  making,  importing,  and  selling  of  all 

Strong  drink  in  the  nation's  domain, 
With  punishment  stern — behind  strong  prison  walls, 

If  need  be — the  law  to  maintain. 
I  now  leave  this  very  grave  question  with  you. 

You  earnest  attention  to  gain. 
Executive  Mansion,  March  1,  Nineteen  twelve, 

By  the  President,  Walter  McLane." 

Now  I've  said  what  I'd  do  if  I  were  a  man 
And  ruled  in  the  White  House  today ; 
[54] 


But  as  I'm  not  there,  I  will  do  what  I  can, 

In. my  earnest  ard  boyish  way, 
To  fight  this  drink  business ;  and  if  all  the  boys 

Would  make  the  same  promise  this  hour, 
I  tell  you  there 'd  be  such  a  teetotal  noise 

The  people  would  call  us  a  power. 

Nellie  H.  Bradley,  in  National  Educator. 


A    GREAT   MYSTERY. 

One  of  the  greatest  mysteries,  the  hardest  problems  to  solve, 
is  how  the  world  at  large  can  receive  so  many  multiplied  bless 
ings  at  the  hand  of  God  and  return  so  little  gratitude  for  such 
extended  mercies  and  unfathomable  love,  seeming  not  to  com 
prehend,  much  less  to  appreciate,  nor  to  realize  from  whence 
they  all  come. 

The  apostle  Paul  said,  "What  is  man  that  thou  art  mindful 
of  him?" 

WThat  are  we  that  one  so  high  and  holy  should  take  account 
of  us  miserable  unworthy  mortals?  Disobedient,  fault  finding, 
murmuring,  short  sighted  are  we  at  best.  How  many  blessings 
we  lose  by  not  living  up  to  our  highest  provileges.  How  we 
cheat  ourselves  and  lose  so  much  of  the  promise  by  not  heed 
ing  the  still  small  voice  of  the  spirit.  When  we  think  how 
God  in  His  infinite  love  has  made  all  things  for  us  who  are 
too  slow  to  comprhend.  Then  given  us  dominion  over  all,  not 
even  sparing  His  holy  precious  Son  but  delivered  Him  up  for 
us  all  that  He  might  bring  us  to  the  true  light  of  the  Gospel 
wherein  we  should  walk  by  faith,  which  it  is  impossible  to 
have  except  we  have  obeyed ;  for  obedience  to  the  divine  law 
is  the  germ  of  faith  which,  through  that  hope  unseen,  is  an 
anchor  to  the  soul,  both  sure  and  steadfast,  which  will  be 
revealed  in  due  time. 

The  more  I  think  of  these  heavenly  mercies  the  more  T  am 
inspired  to  seek  to  know  what  the  will  of  the  Lord  is. 

I  fully  realize  that  we  are  here  to  be  schooled  for  eternity 
and  our  highest  ambition  should  be  to  bring  as  many  as  possible 
to  the  light.  We  have  no  time  to  lose,  as  time  does  not  belong 
to  us  but  is  only  loaned  to  us  for  a  few  fleeting  years,  to  pre 
pare  for  a  high  and  holy  life  beyond  this  vale  of  tears. 

Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  straight  path  that  leads  to  that 
City  whose  builder  and  maker  is  God. 

MRS.  DANIEL  L.  GRAHAM. 
[55] 


TO   A   BOTTLE   OF   WHISKY 
INQUIRER: 

What  dost  thou  contain,  little  bottle  demure, 
With  the  clear  amber  liquid  transparent  and  pure? 
Full  a  quart  of  your  contents  is  herewith  enclosed 
And  the  strength  they  contain  is  much  better  exposed. 

You  are  labeled  just  "Whisky;"  now  what  may  that  mean? 
For  a  thing  so  much  talked  of,  you  really  do  seem 
Very  meek  and  subdued  in  appearance ;  and  yet 
I  demand  you  tell  all,  that  I  never  forget. 

WHISKY : 

I  am  essence  of  misery,  lord  of  a  slave ; 
I'm  the  quickest,  precipitous  path  to  the  grave; 
I  am  liquid  of  fire,  that  the  entrails  shall  burn ; 
I  am  loved  of  the  devil,  while  angels  do  spurn. 

I  am  friend  of  the  murderer,  friend  of  the  thief; 
I'm  the  shortest  and  easiest  route  unto  grief; 
I  'm  the  scapegoat  for  weak  men  to  lay  on  the  blame ; 
Reliable  guardian  ever  of  shame. 

I've  been  told  I'm  enticing,  and  cheering,  and  good, 
And  a  fine  appetizer  before  taking  food, 
Though  I  think  that  the  stomach  is  somewhat  passe 
That  requires  a  preemptor  to  burn  out  the  way. 

I  retard  education ;  and  foster  the  taste 

For  impurity,  ignorance,  slothfulness,  waste. 

I  'm  an  enemy  strong  of  all  culture  and  wealth ; 

I  have  ever  crossed  swrords  with  all  study  and  health. 

I  am  foe  to  all  virtue,  and  friend  to  all  vice ; 

And  I  tell  all  adherents  to  never  think  twice ; 

But  to  strike  when  in  humor,  and  do  what  they  please 

That  the  world  is  their  own  for  pleasure  and  ease. 

Then  at  times  I  am  jocose,  and  teach  in  my  school 
How  to  make  of  a  wise  man  a  humorous  fool ; 
And  I  laughingly  whisPer  to  poor  men,  "You're  rich," 
And  I  artfully  trip  them  forthwith  in  a  ditch. 

[5(5] 


I'm  tormentor  of  home ;  I  am  poverty's  clerk; 
And  while  virtue  is  sleeping,  I  vice  never  shirk. 
I  'm  awake  with  the  owl,  I  am  up  with  the  lark ; 
And  I  gather  my  victims  in  daylight  and  dark. 

I  am  tireless  and  thrifty  in  plying  my  trade ; 
Those  who  dance  me  attendance,  the  price  have  oft  paid. 
There  are  those  who  ignore  me,  and  those  who  deplore, 
There  are  those  who  half  love  me,  and  those  who  adore. 

I  have  wrecked  human  happiness,  tortured  the  good ; 
I  have  robbed  little  children  of  clothing  and  food ; 
As  promoter  of  evil,  my  praises  I  sing; 
After  Satan,  good  sir,  I  am  Satan 's  first  king ! 

— Ella  Costello  Bennett. 


When,  doomed  to  death,  the  apostle  say 
At  night  in  Herod's  dungeon  cell; 

A  light  shown  round  him  like  the  day, 
And  from  his  limbs  the  fetters  fell. 

A  messenger  from  God  was  there. 
To  break  his  chain  and  bid  him  rise ; 

And  lo!   the  saint  as  free  as  air, 

Walked  forth  beneath  the  open  skies. 

Chains  yet  more  strong  and  cruel  bind 
The  victims  of  that  cruel  thirst ; 

Which  drowns  the  soul,  and  from  the  mind 
Blots  the  bright  image  stamped  at  first. 

O  God  of  love  and  mercy,  dein 
To  look  on  those  with  pitying  eye 

Who  struggles  with  that  fatal  chain, 
And  send  them  succor  from  on  high ! 

Send  down,  in  its  resistless  might, 
Thy  gracious  Spirit,  we  implore, 

And  lead  the  captive  forth  to  light, 
A  rescued  soul,  a  slave  no  more! 

[57] 


THE  STORY  OF  THE  THIEF  ON  THE  CROSS. 

Dear  Friends  :— 

As  so  few  seem  to  understand  the  story  of  the  thief  on  the 
cross  I  will  try  to  explain  the  truth  and  show  to  those  who  are 
hanging  their  salvation  on  a  death  bed  repentance  the  danger 
of  waiting  and  neglecting  the  all-important  theme  of  their  lives. 

The  reason  Christ  showed  so  much  mercy  to  one  who  suf 
fered  with  Him  on  the  cross,  the  one  called  a  thief,  whom 
Christ  gave  such  hope,  was  because  he  was  a  boy  nineteen 
years  old  who  had  been  pressed  into  the  service  of  robbery  by 
a  robber  who  stole  him  away  from  his  home  when  a  little 
child.  He  was  the  son  of  the  priest  who  had  Christ  and  the 
malefactor  hung  on  the  cross.  The  boy  and  his  nurse  were 
stolen  when  the  child  was  quite  young  and  the  little  fellow  was 
taught  by  his  nurse  that  Christ  was  indeed  the  son  of  God. 

How  I  wish  that  every  minister  understood  more  of  history. 
If  they  would  read  the  book  of  Maccabees  they  would  get  ex 
planations  which  would  throw  light  upon  the  Scriptures  and 
give  people  a  truer  sense  of  the  meaning.  The  way  some  handle 
this  subject  drives  people  into  the  dark  and  gives  a  tendency 
to  make  them  more  indifferent  in  regard  to  sacred  duty,  living 
a  dangerous  life,  risking  their  soul's  interest,  putting  off  till 
a_dying  hour,  Christian  duty. 

There  is  nothing  so  sad  as  for  people  to  neglect  their  soul's 
interests  which  God  said,  ' '  I  will  reward  every  man  according 
to  his  works."  He  that  soweth  sparingly  to  spiritual  things 
must  reap  sparingly. 

Then  again,  if  we  sow  bountifully  and  reap  and  do  not 
gather  in  the  sheaves  where  will  the  harvest  be?  If  a  shep 
herd  does  not  gather  in  his  flock  while  it  is  in  sight  when  can 
he  gather  it?  I  think  in  two  or  three  months  it  would  be  hard 
to  find  them.  If  the  smith  did  not  strike  his  iron  while  it  was 
hot  I  think  his  moulding  would  be  in  vain.  There  is  a  right 
time  for  everything. 

If  a  farmer  did  not  gather  his  hay  when  dry  it  would  not 
be  worth  gathering,  and  so  it  is  in  spiritual  things.  Time 
thrown  away  is  lost  forever.  We  shall  get  in  eternity  just 
what  we  have  lived  for  here.  We  shall  go  there  to  claim  just 
what  we  have  laid  up  in  Eternity.  There  we  can  only  claim 
our  own.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

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WE  ARE  NOT  ALL  BARBARIANS. 

We  are  not  all  barbarians  or  cannibals  that  we  should  allow 
one  half  to  consume  the  other  half  by  oppression.  We  who  a 
few  years  ago  were  in  sympathy  with  the  black  race  ought  to 
go  to  New  York  in  the  winter  time  and  witness  for  ourselves 
the  situation  and  suffering.  Slavery  in  the  South  was  not  to 
be  compared  to  the  horrors  of  the  suffering  in  our  cities  at 
the  present  time.  Go  and  see  for  yourselves.  Then  you  will 
know  what  torture  and  wicked  hard-heartedness  mean.  Go  to 
the  slum  districts.  Visit  those  districts  every  day  for  a  month 
and  see  the  appalling  conditions,  indescribable  for  their  misery 
and  woe.  There  you  can  see  families  turned  out  in  the  storm, 
every  day,  to  wander  without  bread  or  shelter,  crawling  away 
to  some  shed  or  cellar  steps  to  freeze,  unnoticed  and  unknown. 
Nobody  cares.  They  have  got  so  hardened  with  these  every 
day  scenes  that  no  account  is  taken  of  them.  Now  what  is  at 
the  bottom  of  this  degradation  and  appalling  state  of  things? 
You  well  know  the  curse  and  the  causes.  Who  is  going  to  pay 
the  cost  at  the  day  of  judgment,  when  we  must  sum  up  our 
account,  and  receive  our  just  dues  for  upholding  and  pro 
tecting  such  monstrous  crime,  a  sin  that  has  driven  multiplied 
millions  to  despair  and  filled  our  prisons  with  some  of  our  noble 
youth?  And  we  deem  these  trifling  things. 

Now  I  warn  you,  my  brother  and  sister,  to  not  trifle  any 
longer  with  the  mercies  of  God.  Oh,  look  at  the  awful  storms 
that  are  sweeping  the  earth,  which  should  be  a  warning  to  all 
who  are  so  resigned,  so  unconcerned  about  the  millions  who 
are  agonizing  in  despair  from  the  cursed  traffic  which  is  too 
intolerable  to  ever  be  described. 

And  if  the  ruler  at  the  head  of  the  government  fails  to 
exterminate  the  destroyer  of  millions,  the  saloon  traffic,  I  hope 
it  will  be  the  last  political  ruler  we  shall  ever  be  pestered  with. 
If  they  cannot  better  conditions  what  is  the  use  of  putting 
men  in  authority?  Only  to  fleece  us  poor  laborers  and  keep  us 
under  the  yoke  of  tyranny?  It  is  time  we  came  to  our  own 
rescue  by  voting  common  sense.  God  help  us  to  put  Godly, 
conscientious  men  over  us  as  rulers.  We  have  been  acting 
just  like  the  Israelites  when  they  chose  their  first  king.  They 
must  have  a  king  like  the  heathen  round  about  them,  not 
withstanding  the  prophet  warned  them  and  said  they  would 
be  a  burden  and  a  great  detriment.  But  they  would  riot 
hearken,  so  had  to  learn  by  dear  experience  the  sad  lessons 

'  [59] 


of  disobedience  rewarded  according  to  their  works.     This  is 
just  as  sure  as  our  existence.     We  build  our  own  future. 

So,  God  helping  us,  from  this  time  on,  to  vote  for  Godly 
men,  men  who  keep  their  pledge  made  in  honor  to  God,  and 
the  interest  and  welfare  of  the  human  race,  as  they  have  sworn 
to  do  when  they  press  those  solemn  and  sublime  truths  to 
their  lips,  confirming  their  oath,  making  it  sacred  as  God  him 
self,  which  links  us  so  close  to  heaven.  How  thinly  the  veil 
would  intervene  between  that  holy  city  and  ourselves  if  we 
Avould  only  be  faithful  to  our  trust  which  God  entrusted  to 
our  care !  These  rulers  take  the  sublime,  inspired  word  of  God 
to  bind  the  oath  of  allegiance,  to  confirm  their  pledge  that 
they  will  be  true  to  their  trust  and  faithful  in  all  the  affairs 
of  the  interests  of  the  people.  They  take  this  God  inspired 
word  and  press  it  to  their  lips,  declaring  to  take  it  for  their 
guide.  So  we  all  had  better  beware  how  we  deal  with  the 
covenant  of  God,  for  it  is  the  light  of  the  world.  It  was  once 
flesh  and  dwelt  among  us,  and  is  and  ever  shall  be,  the  light 
to  illuminate  our  pathway,  the  bread  of  eternal  life,  manna  to 
the  soul,  which  always  gives  that  assurance  that  Christ  Avill 
never  leave  nor  forsake  those  that  are  true  and  faithful. 

Now,  while  I  am  writing  this  book,  I  am  doing  my  house 
work,  receiving  company,  corresponding  with  many.  Have 
not  changed  my  course  of  life  nor  neglected  duty  in  any  way, 
but  have  written  these  lines  between  intervals  when  I  had 
nothing  else  pressing  me  to  be  done.  1  have  fasted  and  prayed 
that  God  would  endow  me  with  spiritual  light  and  handle  me 
for  his  glory  and  the  salvation  of  the  human  race,  and  it  is 
wonderful  how  the  divine  light  has  dawned  in  upon  my  uned 
ucated  mind,  praise  His  Holy  Name,  who  has  chosen  a  humble 
servant  like  me  for  a  work  like  this,  which  depends  so  much 
upon  the  guiding  hand  of  Him  Who  gives  light  when  wre  seek 
light.  But  it  is  only  a  fulfillment  of  His  inspired  word  He,  so 
wronderful  in  majesty,  said,  "I  have  chosen  the  weak  things  of 
the  earth  to  confound  the  mighty."  So  my  whole  aim  in  life 
is  to  be  consecrated  to  God's  work.  The  reason  I  have  men 
tioned  this  is  to  encourage  those  far  more  fitted  to  take  up  a 
work  that  will  vastly  count  more  in  eternity,  as  well  as  here, 
than  anything  else  can  possibly  count. 

So,  dear  sisters,  you  have  so  much  more  time  for  service  to 
God  than  the  brethren,  for  they  must  earn  for  us  the  home 
comforts  of  life,  while  wTe  often  wraste  our,  or  God's  precious 
golden  hours,  to  make  unnecessary  things  we  don't  need, 
simply  something  attractive  but  not  profitable.  Now,  dear 

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ones,  we  cannot  afford  to  use  God's  fleeting  hours  in  this  way. 
Time  is  too  golden,  too  precious,  too  valuable,  and  so,  if  you 
have  received  much  at  the  hand  of  God,  much  will  be  required 
of  you.  So,  precious  ones,  you  who  have  received  so  much  at 
the  hand  of  your  Creator,  do  put  away  the  unnecessary  things, 
the  things  that  will  not  profit  at  death,  and  take  on  the  whole 
armor  of  God,  that  you  may  stand  against  the  adversary  and  all 
that  hinders  the  Progress  of  development.  Like  our  dear  old 
Paul,  who  said,  "I  dare  not  neglect  to  do  the  whole  council 
of  God,  lest  I  myself  become  a  castaway." 

Is  not  the  work  just  as  important  today  and  more  so?  Yes, 
far  more  so,  because  there  are  more  to  reach. 

Now,  you  who  have  taken  the  oath  of  the  covenant,  band 
yourselves  together,  that  you  will  work  for  God  and  the  down 
fall  of  the  saloon  traffic  and  everything  that  infests  this  beau 
tiful  land  and  injures  society  and,  above  all  else,  that  hinders 
the  spread  of  God's  divine  truth. 

MRS.  DAN  L.  GRAHAM. 


Holy  Father,  cheer  our  way 
With  Thy  love's  perpetual  ray : 

Grant  us  every  closing  day 
Light  at  evening -time. 

Holy  Savior,  calm  our  fears 
When  earth's  brightness  disappears 

Grant  us  in  our  later  years 
Light  at  evening-time. 

Holy  Spirit,  be  Thou  nigh 

When  in  mortal  pains   we  lie; 
Grant  us  as  we  come  to   die, 
Light   at  evening-time. 

Holy,   blessed   Trinity, 

Darkness  is  not  dark  to  Thee: 
Those  Thou  keepest  always  see 

Light  at  evening-time, 

161] 


WE  MUST  REFORM. 

The  Fourth  of  July  is  a  great  day  for  the  American  people, 
and  should  be,  so  long  as  the  country  for  which  it  is  so  highly 
celebrated  stands  free.  But  I  sometimes  fear  that  the  freedom, 
of  which  so  many  boast,  has  become  a  curse,  in  many  instances, 
instead  of  a  blessing,  and  proper  freedom  is  trampled  under 
foot,  while  a  slavish,  tyrannical  oppression  has  taken  her  place 
and  brought  to  shame  the  grandest  country  on  the  globe  and 
the  very  name  of  liberty,  crushing  the  very  vitals  of  justice 
and  purity. 

And  those  who  should  be  in  authority  folding  their  arms, 
sitting  down  reconciled  to  their  fate,  too  weak  and  powerless 
to  claim  their  rights  or  resist  their  foes.  Are  these  the  exam 
ples  our  forefathers  set  who  fought,  bled  and  died  under  the 
most  trying  circumstances  that  we  might  be  crowned  heirs  to 
liberty  ?  Not  liberty  with  mercies  abused  such  as  we  are  slaves 
to,  and  too  helpless  to  put  forth  a  hand  to  remove.  Did  not 
they  arise,  saying  that,  with  the  help  of  God,  they  would  resist 
oppression  or  die  in  the  attempt?  And  what  was  the  result? 
The  greatest  victory  ever  won  save  that  on  Calvary's  cross, 
when  God  gave  his  own  beloved  son  to  redeem  us  from  the 
curse  of  sin. 

Now  can  we  be  the  descendants  of  such  courage,  character 
and  blood  as  that  shed  on  Bunker  Hill  and  allow  the  wicked 
oppressor  to  rule  with  a  high  hand  and  we  hold  our  Peace  when 
there  is  no  peace? 

This  state  of  things  looks  like  we  had  dlgeiierated  in  many 
respects  and  especially  in  courage. 

Now  what  is  to  be  done  with  such  a  state  of  things  ?  Throw 
out  the  oppressor,  commencing  with  the  whiskey  ring  leaders, 
who  will  soon  bring  dire  doom  to  our  once  free  and  beloved 
country  for  which  every  true  American  would  lay  down  his 
life. 

Why  do  we  so  willingly  hand  it  over  to.  the  enemy  of  all 
justice,  purity  and  sacredness,  only  to  lay  ftieir  traps  to  catch 
our  darlings  before  their  minds  are  developed  sufficiently  to 
know  that  they  are  their  deadly  enemy?  This  is  a  greater 
bondage  than  being  tributary  to  another  nation  and  yet  we  say 
little  about  it. 

But  talk  will  accomplish  little  if  we  do  not  act  in  the  matter. 
I  have  to  acknowledge  that  I  am  too  short-sighted  to  compre 
hend  the  great  mystery  of  the  times.  It  is  a  hard  problem  to 

[68] 


solve  how  the  people  will  receive  such  manifold  blessings  from 
God,  then  persist  in  breaking  His  laws  which  He  laid  down  for 
our  good  and  admonition. 

Will  you  who  are  intelligent  please  explain  to  me  how  it 
is  and  why  it  is  that  license  is  granted,  at  any  price,  to  carry 
on  crime,  to  blight  and  destroy  sacredness? 

Is  the  price  of  license  the  price  you  put  on  your  boy's  soul? 

How  can  we  stand  before  God  with  a  conscience  black  and 
polluted  by  the  crimes  we  should  have  removed  by  our  vote? 

I  believe  in  the  sight  of  God,  the  sin  of  omission  is  about 
the  same  as  that  of  commission.  We  ought  to  know  that  we 
shall  be  responsible  for  every  sin  that  we  uphold,  that  degrades 
humanity.  This  crime,  which  is  at  the  bottom  of  all  vice, 
could  be  annihilated  if  men  would  stand  by  what  they  profess, 
when  in  church,  at  the  polls  as  they  do  in  church.  We  are 
commanded  by  God  to  deal  justly,  love  mercy,  walk  righteously 
and  humbly  before  Him,  that  it  may  be  well  with  us,  as  He 
has  said,  *'If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments.  Then  I  will 
be  your  God  and  ye  shall  be  my  people/'  He  also  said  if  we 
make  a  league  with  heathen  He  would  make  them  as  thorns  in 
our  sides.  That  is  now  our  experience  for  disobedience  to  His 
sacred  laws  which  He  says  shall  not  fail  until  all  be  fulfilled. 
He  also  said  that  whatsoever  a  man  soweth  that  shall  he  also 
reap;  if  to  the  flesh,  corruption,  if  to  the  spirit,  life  everlasting. 
Re  not  deceived,  ye  have  the  law  and  the  prophets  but,  greatest 
of  all,  our  precious  Savior,  who  gave  His  holy  life  to  redeem 
us  from  the  curse  of  sin  and  show  us  the  way  to  salvation.  He 
sends  His  spirit  to  guide  us  if  we  will  only  hear  Him. 

Now  why  not  accept  Him  and  put  evil  out  of  our  midst? 
He  said  we  should  love  the  Lord  our  God  with  all  our  heart, 
soul,  mind  and  strength  and  our  neighbor  as  ourselves.  Can 
we  love  our  neighbor  and  see  benighted  heathen  rob  him  of 
sense  and  purity  and  peace  both  here  and  hereafter,  to  say 
nothing  about  the  money  which  should  support  his  loved  ones, 
which  decent  people  are  often  burdened  with ;  besides  there  are 
the  millions  used  to  support  the  prisons,  poorhouses  and  dens 
of  vice  and  crime  everywhere,  which  are  swallowing  up  and 
consuming  everything  and  we  take  little  or  no  account  of 
these  awful  things  because  it  might  interfere  with  our  beloved 
party. 

God  pity  such  blindness  for  they  know  not  what  they  do. 
May  the  scales  be  removed  from  their  eyes  as  from  Paul's 
that  they  may  see  what  God  would  have  them  do,  and  then  do 
it  or  cease  to  name  His  name  so  sacred,  for  it  is  mockery  to 
profess  and  not  practice  no*-  DOSSCSS.  The  present  state  of 

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things  is  a  disgrace  to  moral,  cy,  would  be  where  Christianity 
is  not  known. 

Religion,  what  treasures  untold  reside  in  that  heavenly 
word,  more  precious  than  silver  or  gold  or  all  that  this  world 
can  afford. 

If  such  experiences  as  we  have  at  the  present  time  are  the 
expressions  of  religion  then  let  that  holy  word,  which  should 
be  so  highly  esteemed  by  every  true  citizen,  be  forever  erased 
from  the  pages  of  history  and  not  polluted  with  corrupt  in 
temperance  which  is  so  fast  hastening  the  dire  doom  of  this 
once  glorious  and  free  country  bought  at  so  great  a  sacrifice. 
Any  man  who  will  violate  his  conscience  and  sin  against  his 
Creator,  break  his  church  vows,  violate  the  ordinances  of  God 
for  the  sake  of  party,  has  no  religion  and  is  deceiving  and 
cheating  himself  out  of  God's  promise,  for  every  church  mem 
ber  should  vote  for  the  upbuilding  of  God's  Kingdom  in  the 
hearts  of  the  people.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM 


The  spacious  firmament  on  high, 

With  all  the  blue  ethereal  sky, 
And  spangled  heavens,  a  shining  frame, 

Their  great  Original  proclaim. 
The  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 

Does  his  Creator's  power  display, 
And  publishes  to  ever_v  land 

The  work  of  an  Almighty  Hand. 


Call  them  in!  the  poor,  the  wretched, 

Sin-stained  wanderers  from  the  fold  ; 
Peace  and  pardon  freely  offer! 

Can  you  weigh  their  worth  with  gold  ? 
Call  them  in!   the  weak,  the  weary, 

Laden  with  the  doom  of  sin; 
Bid  them  come  and  rest  in  Jesus ! 

He  is  waiting :   call  them  in ! 

[64] 


SHALL  I  VOTE  TO  LICENSE  LIQUOR? 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 

When  I  cease  to  sense  the  heartaches 

That  are  weighing  millions  down ; 
When  I  cease  to  feel  the  sorrows 

That  a  million  hearts  would  drown ; 
When  my  heart  is  no  more  tender 

For  the  woes  of  those  who  mourn, 
And  I  gloat  upon  the  ruin 

Of  the  wretched  and  forlorn, — 
Then  I'll  vote  to  license  liquor, 
Not  till  then. 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 

When  my  soul  is  seared  and  cankered 

With  the  rust  of  lust  and  greed, 
And  from  every  sense  of  justice 

And  of  virtue  I  am  freed ; 
When  the  anguish  and  the  heartaches 

Of  a  stricken  world  I  see 
As  a  cause  for  joy  and  gladness 

And  a  blessed  boon  to  me, — 
Then  I'll  vote  to  license  liquor, 
Not  till  then. 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 

When  God  shows  me  that  the  drunkard 

Is  the  highest  type  of  man, 
And  that  slavery  to  passion 

Is  his  purpose  and  his  plan ; 
When  our  womanhood  is  safest 

Where  the  drunkard  freest  goes, 
And  our  children  best  protected 

Where  Rum's  river  freest  flows, — 
Then  I'll  vote  to  license  liquor, 
Not  till  then. 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 

When  the  prisons  all  are  emptied 
Of  the  hordes  Rum  drove  to  sin ; 
[65] 


When  the  brothels  are  abandoned 

By  the  painted  slaves  within ; 
When  no  more  the  drinker's  children 

Cry  for  clothing  and  for  bread, 
And  the  demon  in  that  liquor 

Has  been  numbered  with  the  dead, — 
'Twill  be  time  to  talk  of  license, 
Not  till  then. 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 
No! 

Gold  can  never  right  the  ruin 

Eum  is  causing  in  our  world, 
Turning  humans  into  demons 

Where  its  banners  are  unfurled. 
Day  by  day  the  list  increases 

Of  the  numbers  of  its  slain ; 
If  I  license  that  dread  business. 

I  shall  bear  the  brand  of  Cain. 
Shall  I  vote  to  give  it  license? 

Not  till  I  have  lost  my  brain. 

Shall  I  vote  to  license  liquor? 
No! 

Every  little  child  that  prattles 

On  the  knee  of  parenthood, 
Every  trusting  wife  and  mother, 

All  things  noble,  all  things  good, 
Plead  with  manhood  to  be  manly, 

Plead  protection  at  our  hand 
From  that  King  of  Degradation 

That  has  ruined  every  land. 

Shall  I  vote  to  give  it  license? 
Not  till  God  gives  His  command. 

C.  M.  SNOW. 


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TO  THE  UNCONVERTED. 

My  dear  unconverted  friends : — 

I  would  like  to  show  you  that  you  are  standing  on  the 
brink  of  eternity.  Do  you  not  realize  this?  Are  you  willing 
to  lose  the  blessings  of  eternal  life  for  the  perishable  things  of 
this  life  from  which  you  may  be  so  soon  called  to  give  an 
account  of  how  you  have  improved  God's  time  which  He  has 
given  you  to  work  out  your  salvation  by  keeping  His  holy 
law  which  says  come  unto  me  all  ye  ends  of  the  earth  and  be 
saved,  saved  from  sin  which  leads  to  eternal  death. 

But  not  like  the  rich  man  who  said,  "I  will  tear  down  my 
barns  and  build  greater  that  I  may  have  place  to  store  my 
goods."  That  night  the  spirit  voice  said,  "Thou  fool,  this 
night  thy  soul  shall  be  required  of  thee ;  whose  then  will  these 
things  be?"  So  it  will  be  with  everyone  who  loves  the  things 
of  this  world  and  is  not  rich  towards  God. 

Now  come,  my  dear  ones,  do  not  grieve  away  the  Holy 
Spirit  like  the  Jews  who  would  not  accept  Christ's  teachings 
when  he  pleaded  with  them  saying,  "0  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem, 
thou  that  killeth  the  prophets  and  stoneth  them  that  are  sent 
unto  thee.  Gladly  would  I  have  gathered  thee  as  a  hen  gath- 
ereth  her  brood  under  her  wings  but  ye  would  not.  Behold 
your  house  will  be  left  unto  you  desolate. ' '  And  so  it  was. 

How  many  warnings  we  have  received  but  will  not  heed, 
notwithstanding  we  are  shown  that  not  one  jot  nor  tittle  will 
fail  from  the  law  until  all  be  fulfilled. 

Is  it  in  reason  that  Christ  should  suffer  so  much  and  the 
world  go  free?  Have  we  nothing  to  do  but  enjoy  his  millions 
of  blessings  and  return  no  service?  Is  that  in  reason?  No, 
there  is  a  cross  for  everyone  and  the  more  faithfully  we  carry 
it  the  more  our  blessings  in  eternity.  We  are  to  bear  trials, 
suffering  and  wrong ;  in  other  words,  to  go  through  the  furnace 
that  all  the  dross  be  taken  out  and  the  gold  fitted  for  the 
refiners. 

How  marvelous  and  strange  is  God's  plan  of  salvation.  No 
matter  what  we  suffer  here  it  will  all  work  out  for  good,  to 
them  that  love  God. 

Like  Job,  all  things  must  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God.  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

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A  SUMMONS   TO   DUTY. 

'Tis  not  in  title  nor  in  rank, 

'Tis  not  in  wealth  like  London  bank. 

To  make  us  truly  blessed; 

If  piety  has  not  her  seal  and  center  in  the  breast 

We  may  be  wise,  or  rich,  or  great, 
But  never  can  be  blessed. 

Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

That  we  should  make  our  lives  sublime, 
And  departing,  leave  behind  us 

Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time. 
Footprints  that  perhaps  another, 

Sailing  o'er  life's  troubled  main, 
A  forlorn  and  shipwrecked  brother, 

Seeing  may  take  heart  again. 

Life  is  short  and  time  is  fleeting, 

Is  our  destined  end  and  way. 
Act,  act  in  the  living  hour, 

For  tomorrow  may  not  find  us  on  the  way. 

The  goodness  of  God  should  bring  men  to  repentance,  which 
is  only  common  sense.  What  will  it  profit  a  man  if  he  could 
gain  the  whole  world  and  lose  his  soul? 

Vain  man,  thy  fond  pursuit  forbear, 

Repent,  thy  end  is  nigh; 
Death  at  farthest  can't  be  far, 

0  think  before  thou  die. 

Reflect,  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save 

Thy  sins,  how  high  they  mount. 
He  in  a  moment  calls  thee  hence, 

How  stands  that  dread  account? 

Prepare  to  meet  thy  God, 

For  we  have  no  claims  on  life, 
Nor  on  the  golden  hours  of  God's  mercies. 
So  grieve  not  the  Holy  Spirit  of  Omnipotent  grace. 

But  seek  His  approving,  smiling  face. 

We  cannot  afford  to  sin  against  our  own  souls, 
Striving  for  gain,  popularity  and  fame, 

Which  cannot  profit  us  not  even  in  this  short  life, 
Which  we  have  no  claims  on  not  even  for  a  day ; 
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But  we  can  claim  eternal  bliss, 

If  His  laws  we  obey, 
Who  said,  "Let  there  be  light,  and  there  was  light," 

He  spake  and  it  was  done. 

He  commanded  and  it  stood  fast.  He  said  also  that  we 
should  let  our  light  so  shine  before  men  that  they  seeing  our 
good  works  would  glorify  our  father  in  heaven.  There  is  no 
peace  to  the  wicked  sayeth  God;  but  the  Savior  said,  "Eye 
hath  not  seen  nor  ear  heard;  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the 
heart  of  man  the  things  which  God  hath  prepared  for  them 
that  love  Him."  Then  He  said,  "If  ye  love  me  keep  my  com 
mandments.  Then  I  will  be  your  God  and  ye  shall  be  my 
people.  But  if  ye  disobey  and  break  my  covenant,  I  will  pour 
out  my  wrath  upon  you  until  ye  are  consumed." 

We  often  see  the  mercury  go  down  and  the  wind  rise  up, 
while  God  pours  out  his  wrath  in  an  unmeasurable  cup.  We 
get  drouth,  then  floods  with  all  kinds  of  disaster. 

Still  men  will  harden  their  hearts  and  persist  to  disobey, 

As  though  they  were  destined  here  to  stay, 
And  had  secured  their  right  of  way. 

They  drink  at  the  saloons  as  though  they  were  trying  to 

drink  them  dry. 
Then  the  keeper  will  kick  them  out  on  the  commons  to  die. 

Then  they  will  rise  and  vote  again, 
For  that  class  of  criminals  who  call  themselves  men. 

There  is  a  place  where  saints  do  rest, 

An  immortal  home  for  all  the  blessed, 
Where  we  shall  some  day  go, 

When  we  are  done  with  time. 

On  this  promise  my  hopes  are  stayed, 

My  heart  and  my  treasures  are  there ; 
If  faithful,  the  angels  will  favor  our  flight, 

And  waft  us  in  peace  to  that  shore. 

What  is  religion?  Righteous  living.  Not  Creedism  but  a 
pure,  clean  conscience  before  God.  Charity,  pure,  free  from 
every  sin,  from  backbiting,  gentle,  liberal  and  kind,  seeking 
always  to  lift  up  humanity,  that  they  may  honor  God,  and 
learn  to  appreciate  the  goodness  of  the  sacred  one  who  created 
us  all  to  be  heirs  to  His  Kingdom. 

Now  I  don't  know  of  anything  that  a  man  could  do  to  win 
the  favor  of  God  and  man  more  than  to  take  up  a  work  like 
this.  I  wish  there  could  be  millions  of  these  printed  and  bound 
in  a  book  with  a  number  of  similar  pages,  quite  as  important, 

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and  circulated  all  over  the  globe  where  our  holy  God  might 
be  exalted,  honored  and  appreciated  by  the  nations  as  well  as 
individuals.  Then  peace  that  passeth  knowledge  would  reisn 
triumphant. 

Composed  by  the  guidance  of  the  holy  spirit  to  the  writer 

MRS.   DAN.   L.   GRAHAM. 

TEACH  THE  BOYS  TO  SHUN  ALL  EVIL. 

The  boy  that  gets  his  lesson  is  the  boy  that  wins  the  prize, 
The  boy  that  shuns  all  evil  will  be  noble,  pure  and  wise 
The  boy  that  always  speaks  the  truth  will  rise  above  the  skies. 

And  he  who  never  swears  nor  chews  the  filthy  stuff 

Which  is  conveyed  to  cigarettes,  which  naughty  boys  do 
puff, 

Which  ruins  manhood,  mind  and  health, 

Destroys  his  strength,  consumes  his  wealth, 

Makes  him  a  pauper  and  a  slave, 
Fits  him  for  an  early  grave. 

It  is  for  want  of  knowledge  they  practice  all  such  things, 

Which  brings  them  untold  sorrow  and  leaves  such  lastin^ 

stings. 

When  they  should  save  their  money  to  spread  the  gospel  round 
And  help  to  build  Christ's  kingdom  that  grace  mi  "lit  more 
abound, 

Then  they  would  be  building  each  day  for  future  life, 
As  well  as  for  eternity  in  this  great  world  of  strife. 

Striving  for  popularity,  striving  for  fame  and  gain, 

Which  often  mar  the  souls  of  men  and  leave  a  guilty  stain 
The  boy  that  shuns  all  evil  will  arise  to  honored  fame. 

Then  let  us  seek  for  wisdom,  that  wisdom  from  above 
Which  crowns  all  majesty  with  purest  Christian  love, 

Hie  boys  who  never  enters  a  saloon  nor  any  den, 

Where  evil  deeds  are  practiced  to  slay  the  sons  of  men, 
™u^Wl11  nse  to  eminence  and  then  beat  down  the  sin 
Which  has  enslaved  so  many  homes  where  she  has  entei-d 
m. 

That  brings  to  us  such  bondage,  and  all  we  ought  to  win. 
bo  let  us  be  up  improving  the  time  that  counts  today, 
or  death  is  fast  approaching,  and  will  soon  carry  us  awav 
Where  we  must  meet  our  destiny. 

Composed  by  MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM 
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A  REQUEST. 

Dear  Catholic  Friends: 

You  should  join  us  heart  and  hand  to  exterminate  the  saloon 
which  has  been  the  cause  of  hundreds  and  thousands  of  your 
men  and  boys,  as  well  as  our  own,  to  be  dragged  into  cruel, 
torturous  prisons,  there  to  waste  away  in  grief  and  pain  such 
as  no  one  can  describe,  unless  they  have  been  there. 

I  wish  those  who  are  perpetrators  and  instigators  of  such 
crime  as  giving  demons  the  right  of  way  to  curse  his  fellow 
man,  I  say  I  wish  they  would  have  to  hear  the  cries  of  mothers, 
wives,  sisters  and  children  of  those  poor  boys,  first  made  drunk 
by  those  who  have  the  right  to  make  as  many  criminals  as 
they  can  entice  into  the  viper's  den  for  only  one  purpose  and 
that  is  to  get  their  last  dime  and  send  them  out  to  commit 
crime  in  a  condition  they  know  not  what  they  do.  But  the 
lobber  that  robs  them  goes  right  on  repeating  this  tragedy 
until  he  fills  our  prisons,  orphans'  homes,  asylums  and  poor 
houses  with  the  broken  hearted  who  have  been  starved  and 
distressed  beyond  the  limits  of  endurance. 

God  only  knows  the  depths  of  this  indescribable  sin  and 
misery  and  we  act  as  though  we  knew  nothing  about  it  and 
cared  less. 

Tell  me,  can  anyone  who  believes  in  a  just  God  do  that 
which  he  knows  is  destroying  human  beings  by  the  millions? 
No.  A  creature  that  can  harm  his  fellow  man  is  an  unbeliever. 
He  is  void  of  conscience  and  is  taking  no  interest  in  his  own 
soul.  Did  Christ  die  that  sin  might  abound  or  that  we  should 
put  it  away? 

Paul  said,  "God  forbid  that  we  should  continue  in  sin  If 
Christ  died  that  we  might  continue  in  sin  then  He  died  in 
vain."  But  thanks  be  to  God,  He  has  shown  us  how  to  live 
that  we  may  escape  His  wrath  by  putting  down  sin  and  exter 
minating  it  and  exalting  righteousness  by  rescuing  those  who 
are  in  danger  of  being  led  by  the  snares  of  the  enemy  of  all 
righteousness. 

So  1  plead  with  you  to  join  us  heart  and  hand  to  extermi 
nate  this  den  of  robbery  which  is  at  the  bottom  of  almost  every 
crime  and  often  the  cause  of  railroad  wrecks,  sinking  ships, 
strikes,  disasters  of  all  kinds. 

How  can  a  Holy  God  endure  such  things  after  giving  us  the 
light  of  His  holy  sublime  word  and  requiring  us  to  go  and 

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evangelize  the  world ;  but  instead  of  obeying  we  have  let  the 
enemy  in,  ruling  in  triumph,  until  he  is  running  everything 
pure  and  right  into  the  ground ;  given  him  the  right  of  way  to 
set  up  these  traps  of  perdition  all  over  our  beautiful  land 
bought  at  the  price  of  blood  by  our  forefathers  who  suffered 
all  kinds  of  privations  to  secure  a  home  for  us,  and  now  we 
have  proven  ourselves  unworthy  of  the  merit  or  victory  won 
at  such  a  cost.  This  was  done  for  our  liberty  and  now  we 
have  allowed  the  oppressor  to  invade  and  shackle  us  with 
such  untold  bondage. 
One  critic  said  that, 

"Old  Satan  flew  from  north  to  south, 

And  took  the  hypocrites  all  in  his  mouth; 
And  when  he  found  they  were  such  fools, 

He  left  them  in  the  cities  to  run  our  schools. ' ' 
Now  he  must  have  been  an  awful  naughty  man  to  make 
such  an  assertion  as  that  about  our  refined  citizens,  but  it  is 
a  kind  of  a  free  country  for  everybody  who  stays  sober  but 
look  out  you  poor  weak  fellow  that  you  don't  get  too  much 
and  have  to  spend  your  days  in  a  prison  cell. 

Now  I  think  what  ought  to  be  done  is  to  exterminate  the 
saloon;  then  build  workhouses  in  every  city  to  give  employ 
ment  to  the  idle ;  then  after  those  dens— death  traps— are 
driven  from  the  earth  and  man  lifted  to  a  higher  standard 
and  made  to  know  the  power  of  the  gospel,  then  open  the  prison 
doors  and  free  those  poor  boys  that  we  put  there  by  our  per 
petrating  and  blindly  granting  such  an  iniquitous  sin  the  most 
monstrous  in  the  universe. 

Now  lest  we  receive  judgment  at  the  hand  of  God,  like  the 
ancient  cities  brought  down  in  ruinous  heaps,  some  destroyed 
by  nre,  others  by  earthquake  like  they  had  in  Italy  a  few 
years  ago,  there  is  no  question  but  that  we  will  bring  the  judg 
ment  of  God  upon  the  nation  if  we  continue  at  this  rate    for 
Sodom  or  Babylon  or  Tyre,  Ninevah  or  Sydon  were  any 
worse,  they  were  to  be  pitied,  for  they  did  not  have  a  spark 
light  in  comparison  to  what  we  have,  therefore  would  not 
be  half  so  responsible. 

Now  I  plead  with  you  and  warn  you,  like  Noah  warned 
the  people  before  the  flood,  to  repent  and  put  away  their  sins  • 
them  if7  "™  n0t  hearken  S°  the  flood  carne  and  swallowed 
We  have  no  excuse.  God  has  given  us  intellect  and  we  do 
sin  against  God  and  against  our  fellow  being  to  allow  anythino- 
to  exist  that  is  an  injury  to  our  race;  anything  that  destroy* 

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God's  grace  and  breaks  up  and  impoverishes  hundreds  of  thou 
sands  of  homes. 

Is  not  the  sin  of  omission  equal  to  the  sin  of  commission? 

So  where  can  we  go  to  escape  the  vengeance  of  God  when 
He  takes  us  into  account  for  our  inconsistency,  our  indifference 
in  regard  to  suffering  helpless  humanity? 

You  will  say  that  to  take  away  the  saloon  is  taking  away 
a  man's  liberty.  No,  it  is  not,  for  there  is  no  man  in  a  drunk 
ard,  nor  in  any  one  who  supports  the  traffic !  he  is  a  beast  of 
the  lowest  type,  not  fit  to  have  a  say  in  anything. 

You  would  not  vote  to  have  a  lot  of  wild  beasts  running  at 
large  not  knowing  who  they  will  devour. 

It  is  no  doubt  this  curse  which  causes  so  many  auto  wrecks 
and  every  other  kind  of  wreck;  but  the  worst  wreck  is  the 
wreck  of  mind.  The  mind  is  generally  wrecked  before  the 
other  wreck  occurs.  Then  the  second  wreck  wrecks  wives  and 
children  and  often  makes  untold  wrecks  of  millions,  and  so  it 
goes  on  and  on  as  a  little  thing  of  no  consequence,  not  worth 
anybody's  notice.  Then  call  this  a  Christian  ration  and  1 
doubt  if  the  Hindoos  do  worse. 

Let  Satan's  host  rule  in  making  criminals  and  then  hire  a 
million  policemen  in  the  United  States  to  keep  them  straight 
and  in  order.  First  give  them  the  drug,  then  the  club. 

Haven't  we  got  lots  of  culture  to  boast  of?  How  wise  we 
are,  and  I  think  we  have  more  wisdom  than  courage.  The  dear 
Lord  pity  us  for  we  know  not  what  we  do ;  but  one  thing  we 
are  sure  of,  and  that  is  the  vengeance  of  the  Almighty  God  for 
allowing  so  much  tyranny  and  starvation  to  come  upon  the 
helpless  innocent  which  God  left  in  our  reach  to  rescue  and 
enlighten  and  we  fail  to  do  it  at  our  owrn  cost. 

There  never  has  been  a  time  when  God  showed  us  so  defi 
nitely  the  corruption  of  politics  and  the  need  of  righteous 
living.  I  have  known  for  years  that  it  was  only  a  scheme  to 
cloak  fraud,  a  hobby  to  ride  into  office  on  and  get  where  they 
could  handle  our  tax  money  to  their  liking.  Instead  of  hand 
ling  it  for  the  benefit  of  the  individual  as  well  as  the  nation  it 
is  handled  to  buy  votes  and  benefit  a  few  at  the  head  of  the 
government  and  we  so  blind  we  cannot  see  through  these  things. 

Now  you  have  seen  all  this  and  felt  the  enormity  of  it  in 
taxpaying,  realizing  that  a  man  is  better  off  who  owns  nothing ; 
then  his  tax  won't  consume  all  he  has  with  himself  thrown  in 
to  make  good  measure,  and  then  they  have  not  got  enough  to 
run  the  schools  but  must  run  rattlesnake  dens  to  support  our 
schools. 

What  do  you  say  to  this,  you  Christian  voters  who  have 

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children  in  the  schools  and  boys  in  the  penitentiary?  If  you 
have  not,  your  neighbor  has>  and  if  you  ever  expect  to  see  the 
light  of  heaven  you  had  better  go  and  get  him  out  just  as 
soon  as  it  can  be  done,  for  you  were  put  here  to  look  after 
your  brother  and  never  speak  of  religion  until  this  is  done 
lest  God  smite  us  with  a  curse. 

How  Christ  must  be  weeping  over  us,  as  He  did  over  Jeru 
salem  when  He  said,  "O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  gladly  would 
I  have  gathered  you  as  a  hen  gathers  her  brood  under  her 
wings  but  ye  would  not.  Behold  your  house  will  be  left  unto 
you  desolate,"  and  so  it  was.  There  was  a  great  army  came 
and  besieged  it  and  destroyed  hundreds  of  thousands  of  those 
rebels  who  would  not  hear  the  voice  of  God  nor  repent  and  be 
saved. 

Stubbornness  is  presumptive  disobedience  and  never  fails 
to  bring  the  judgment  of  God,  and  who  can  wonder  when  we 
realize  his  blessings  which  are  so  little  appreciated  by  the 
masses. 

Instead  of  living  so  Christ  could  handle  us  for  His  glory 
and  our  salvation  and  living  so  we  could  always  sing, 
"On  Christ  the  solid  rock  I  stand, 
All  other  ground  is  sinking  sand," 

which  we  all  will  find  out  some  day  and  it  won't  be  long  with 
some  of  us.  Then  we  will  wish  we  had  not  sinned  against  God 
and  played  away  our  days  of  grace.  Then  we  will  wish  we 
had  let  our  light  shine  before  men  through  our  good  works 
that  they  would  glorify  "Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven"  also 

People  are  not  put  here  to  rob  and  plunder.  That  was  not 
God  s  design  in  making  man  so  like  himself.  He  made  us  to 
be  His  heirs  if  we  would  fill  the  conditions,  but  He  never  prom 
ised  anyone  eternal  life  and  peace  unless  they  accepted  His 
terms. 

We  cannot  serve  Satan  all  our  lives  arid  then  measure  up 
to  the  standard  mark  required.  If  we  undertake  this  we  will 
find  ourselves  like  the  five  virgins  with  their  empty  lamps  •  for 
you  have  no  excuse.  You  have  Moses  and  the  prophets  •'  the 
sublime  word  of  God,  which  should  be  your  guide  your  light 
your  all.  It  will  bid  all  your  dark  forebodings* cease  and' 
through  the  thick  and  dangerous  thrall  it  will  lead  you  to  the 
port  of  peace. 

Now  it  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  dwell  on  these  truths 
which  you  would  understand  perfectly  if  you  study  the  sacred 
volume  as  God  intended  we  should.  Then  it  would  be  our  wis 
dom  for  there  is  more  in  it  than  there  is  in  the  world  beside 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM  ' 


THE  CHOSEN   OF   GOD. 

Whom  do  we  choose  as  gentlemen? 

The  knave,  the  dunce,  the  galoot, 
If  they  but  own  a  stock  of  gold, 

Or  wear  a  broadcloth  suit. 

The  parchment  scroll  of  titled  line, 
The  exalted  name  it  may  be, 

Can  that  suffice  to  ratify 
Or  grant  a  high  degree? 

Know  God  with  matchless  hand 

Puts  forth  His  noble  born, 
And  laughs  the  paltry  attributes 

Of  wealth  and  rank  to  scorn. 

He  molds  with  care  a  spirit  rare. 

Half  human,  half  divine, 
And  shouts  exulting,  ' '  Who  can  make 

A  gentleman  like  mine?" 

He  may  not  spend  His  glorious  skill 

Upon  the  outward  part ; 
But  showers  beauty,  grace  and  light 

Upon  the  mind  and  heart. 

He  may  not  choose  ancestral  fame, 

His  pathway  to  illume, 
The  sun  that  sheds  the  brightest  ray 

May  rise  from  mist  and  gloom. 

Should  fortune  with  her  welcome  store 

And  useful  gold  abound, 
He  shares  it  with  a  bounteous  hand, 

And  scatters  blessings  round. 

The  treasures  sent  are  rightly  spent, 
And  serve  the  end  designed, 

When  held  by  God's  own  gentlemen, 
The  true,  the  pure,  the  kind. 

He  turns  not  from  the  cheerless  home 
Where  sorrow's  offspring  dwell, 

He  greets  the  peasant  in  his  hut, 
The  culprit  in  his  cell. 
[75] 


He  stays  to  hear  the  widow's  plaint, 
Of  deep  and  mourning  love, 

He  seeks  to  aid  her  lot  below, 
And  prompt  her  faith  above. 

The  orphan  child,  the  friendless  one, 

The  luckless  and  the  poor, 
Will  never  meet  his  spurning  frown 

Or  leave  his  bolted  door. 

His  kindred  circles  all  mankind, 

His  country  all  the  globe, 
An  honest  heart,  the  jeweled  star, 

And  truth  his  ermine  robe. 

He  wisely  yields  his  sentiments 

To  reason's  firm  control, 
His  pleasures  are  of  crimeless  kind 

And  never  taunt  the  soul. 

He  may  be  thrown  among  the  gay 

And  reckless  sons  of  life. 
But  will  not  join  the  revel  scene, 

But  shun  the  brawling  strife. 

He  wounds  no  breast  writh  jeer  or  jest, 
He  bears  no  flattering  tongue ; 

He 's  social  with  the  gray  haired  one. 
And  merry  with  the  young. 

He  gravely  shares  the  council's  speech, 

Or  joins  the  rustic  game, 
And  shines  as  God's  own  gentleman, 

In  every  place  the  same. 

No  haughty  gestures  mark  his  gait, 
No  pompous  tone  his  word ; 

No  studied  attitude  is  seen, 
No  palling  nonsense  heard. 

He'll  suit  his  bearing  to  the  hour, 
Laugh,  listen,  learn  or  teach, 

With  joyous  freedom  in  his  mirth 
Or  candor  in  his  speech. 

He  worships  God  with  inward  zeal, 
And  serves  Him  in  each  deed ; 

He  would  not  blame  another's  faith 
Nor  have  one  martyr  bleed. 

[76] 


Justice  and  mercy  form  his  code, 

He  puts  his  trust  in  heaven, 
His  prayer  is,  "If  the  heart  be  right, 

May  all  else  be  forgiven. ' ' 

Though  few  of  such  may  gem  this  earth, 

Yet  such  rare  gems  they  are, 
Each  shining  in  his  hallowed  sphere, 

As  virtue's  polar  star. 

Though  human  hearts  are  often  found, 

All  gross,  corrupt  and  dark, 
Yet  still  some  bosoms  breathe  and  burn, 

Lit  by  celestial  spark. 

There  are  some  spirits  nobly  just, 

Unwarped  by  pelf  or  pride ; 
Great  in  the  calm,  but  greater  still 

When  tossed  by  adverse  tide. 

They  hold  the  rank  no  king  can  give, 

No  station  can  disgrace, 
God  puts  forth  his  gentleman, 

And  monarchs  must  give  place. 

This  blessed  poetry  was  written  by  one,  chosen  of  God — 
who1? — we  do  not  know. 

If  things  were  as  they  should  be,  this  country  could  be 
made  like  the  garden  of  Eden  for  beauty,  and  purity,  and 
when  we  can  have  the  right  influence  thrown  over  the  people 
—the  right  kind  of  voting— when  men  will  prove  themselves 
to  be  converted,  born  of  the  spirit  of  God,  then  we  will  have 
harmony,  just  and  righteous  dealings.  There  will  be  little  need 
then  for  almshouses  and  state  prisons. 


Life  passeth  soon; 

Death  draweth  near: 
Keep  us,  good  Lord, 

Till  Thou  appear; 
With  Thee  to  live, 

With  Thee  to  rein 
Through  eternity! 

[77] 


OUR  FUTURE  HOPE. 

1  have  great  hope  and  comfort  in  believing  that  we  are 
going  to  have  a  wonderful  change  for  the  better,  for  I  believe 
now  that  we  have  God-fearing  men  at  the  head  of  the  govern 
ment  ;  men  who  will  not  dishonor  God  and  themselves  to  put 
blood-stained  coin  into  their  pockets,  which  must  be  made  at 
the  cost  of  starving  widows  and  orphan  children  whose  fathers 
are  in  a  felon's  cell.  We  have  been  supporting  such  corruption 
cloaked  with  politics,  to  deceive  and  get  us  where  they  could 
rob  us,  not  only  of  our  money  but  of  our  boy  also,  which  is  a 
thousand  times  worse.  They  who  are  now  in  authority  cer 
tainly  do  not  realize  how  much  they  do  need  the  guidance  of 
heaven,  with  the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  the  strength  of  Samson, 
the  mind,  fidelity  and  grace  of  Washington  and  the  heroism  of 
Paul  Jones.  I  believe  we  have  that  spirit  still  living  today,  in 
our  noblest  heroes,  which  must  be  put  to  the  test,  but  we  hope 
in  a  milder  form,  God  leading  on  to  victory. 

These  grandest  heroes  here  mentioned  were  praying  men, 
who  had  more  sense  than  to  trust  to  their  own  strength.  If 
they  had  not  we  would  not  own  this  country  today.  It  was 
bought  at  a  great  sacrifice  then,  founded  upon  the  highest 
Christian  principles,  from  which  we  have  fallen,  with  all  our 
advantages,  by  letting  go  of  the  main  strength,  the  sure  and 
only  hope  to  fame,  the  power  that  will  never  fail  us,  if  we  hold 
out  faithful. 

When  we  look  around  us  and  see  the  saloons,  automobiles, 
motorcycles,  chasing  as  though  their  destiny  depended  upon 
the  race  they  were  trying  to  win,  it  makes  us  stop  and  wonder 
whether  it  is  worth  our  while  to  try  to  live  any  longer.  If  you 
decide  it  is  not  worth  while  to  try  just  get  your  life  insured 
and  then  undertake  to  cross  a  street  anywhere  where  saloons 
have  the  right  of  way.  You  will  find  that  you  are  liable  to 
be  marching  to  Zion  almost  any  day,  that  beautiful  city  of 
God,  providing  you  have  been  traveling  the  right  road  here. 
These  could  be  run  safely  if  it  were  not  for  the  saloon  effects 
running  them  to  the  distraction  of  thousands. 

Now  I  leave  you  this  book  of  instructions,  a  book  of  great  price, 
Which  will  be  a  great  blessing  to  all  who  read  it  through  twice. 
It  shows  how  God  offers  consolation  to  weary  hearts  that  bleed ; 
It  offers  invitation  to  Christ  but  not  to  creed. 
This  He  offers  for  your  salvation  and  all  that  you  may  need. 

[78] 


Are  you  ready  and  waiting  for  the  coming  of  the  Lord  ? 
Are  you  living  as  He  bid  you  in  His  sacred,  solemn  word  ? 

Are  you  walking  in  the  light? 

Ts  your  hope  of  heaven  bright? 
Could  you  welcome  Him  tonight, 

Were  He  now  to  come  and  call? 
Have  you  heard  the  joyful  sound, 

Jesus  saves? 
So  let  us  then  where  sin  abounds, 

Go  spread  the  tidings  all  around 

That  Jesus  saves. 
Bear  the  news  to  every  land, 

Climb  the  steep  and  cross  the  wave, 
Onward,   'tis  the  Lord's  command, 

Jesus  saves. 
Waft  it  on  the  rolling  tide, 

Jesus  saves. 
Tell  to  sinners  far  and  wide, 

Jesus  saves. 
Sing  ye  islands  of  the  sea, 

Echo  back  ye  ocean  caves, 
Earth  shall  keep  her  jubilee, 

Jesus  saves. 
Sing  above  the  battle  strife, 

Jesus  saves. 
By  His  death  and  endless  life, 

Jesus  saves. 
And  thus  declares  that  some  will  enter 

By  and  by  the  pearly  gates, 
Taste  of  the  glory  that  there  awaits, 

Shall  it  be  you  or  I? 
Some  will  travel  the  streets  of  gold, 

Beautiful  visions  there  behold, 
Forever  enjoy  the  pleasures  foretold, 

Shall  it  be  you  and  I? 

Now  may  the  spirit  of  truth  stamp  these  realities  upon  your 
hearts,  one  and  all,  now  and  forever. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


[79] 


COME,  HEED  THE  WARNING. 

As  I  have  said  before  so  say  I  again,  that  we  shall  be 
shrouded  in  blood,  pestilence  and  famine  for  our  inconsistent 
ignorance,  unfeeling  heartlessness  and  neglect.  It  is  so  hard 
for  any  one  who  weighs  these  appalling  truths  to  endure  the 
outlook.  Brutal  beasts,  coming  home  drunk,  beating  their  chil 
dren  to  death  with  stove  wood,  beating  their  little  tender  heads 
into  jelly,  often  setting  their  homes  on  fire  to  cover  their  crime, 
and  we  call  these  "little  every  day  occurrences"  and  take  no 
account  of  the  cause. 

0  my  God,  what  can  we  say  wrhen  we  must  stand  before 
Thee  and  be  judged  at  the  final  day?  Can  we  fare  better  than 
those  who  have  committed  these  crimes?  No.  Impossible,  for 
we  have  laid  the  foundation  and  they  have  built  upon  it  to 
their  own  destruction  and  ours.  God  only  knows  how  my 
heart  goes  out  to  the  criminal  who  ought  to  be  free  and  we 
wrho  are  the  perpetrators,  the  instigators  of  the  curse,  put 
there  in  their  place  or  stead.  We  are  building  for  ourselves  a 
fearful  eternity  as  well  as  an  appalling  present. 

Now  it  is  you  who  have  influence  and  power  who  must 
decide  this  terrible  problem;  for  it  is  you  who  must  pay  the 
price  which  will  cost  you  a  million  times  more  than  you  can 
make  out  of  it  in  dollars  and  cents.  Now  hearken  before  it 
is  too  late,  for  it  is  written  in  the  Word  of  God,  "Vengeance 
is  mine,"  sayeth  the  Lord,  "and  I  will  repay."  So  this  is  writ 
ten  for  a  warning  to  all,  for  the  benefit  of  all,  for  Christ 's  sake 
and  humanity's  sake. 

Now  I  leave  you  here  this  little  book  that  you  may  look 
upon,  that  you  may  see  my  homely  face  when  I  am  dead  and 
gone,  all  for  the  hope  of  heavenly  things  for  you  and  I,  while 
we  do  here  remain,  I  give  over  all,  these  golden  warnings  to 
rescue  you  from  shame  and  to  deliver  you  from  blame. 

Now  may  the  richest  blessings  of  God  inspire  you  with 
zeal,  to  work,  for  the  night  is  coming  wrhen  we  will  be  shrouded 
in  blood.  Work  with  power,  improve  every  flying  hour. 

With  a  hope  I  now  leave  you  in  that  faith  which  is  unseen, 
an  anchor  to  the  soul,  both  sure  and  steadfast.  I  leave  you  to 
question  yourselves  concerning  our  present  and  future  wel 
fare.  Take  these  truths  to  heart ;  like  Queen  Esther  did  when 
her  people  were  to  be  destroyed  at  Hamon's  command,  who 
was  afterward  hung  on  his  own  gallows.  That  same  condition 
can  be  brought  about  by  the  faithful  if  they  will  only  be  true 
to  God  and  conscience  and  step  out  on  God's  promises,  like 

[80] 


King  David  when  he  went  to  slay  that  giant  Goliah.    He  said 
in  the  name  of  the  living  God  he  would  do  it. 

We  have  been  playing  with  sacred  things  and  trifling  with 
the  most  monstrous  sins  until  God  is  ready  to  cast  us  down 
and  out,  like  He  did  Adam,  out  of  the  garden  of  the  Lord,  that 
beautiful  garden  of  Eden  which  our  America  almost  represents, 
and  would  be  similar,  were  it  not  for  the  dens  of  vice  and 
crime  taking  us  almost  root  and  branch  and  fastening  their 
fangs  into  our  very  vitals  with  a  grip  not  easily  got  rid  of. 
But,  with  true,  practical,  earnest,  sincere,  influential  leaders 
at  the  head  we  shall  break  the  bands  of  tyranny,  throw  open 
the  prison  doors,  arrest  the  perpetrators  and  put  them  where 
they  belong.  Then  sweet  peace,  love  and  harmony  will  reign 
supreme  and  God  be  honored  and  glorified. 

This  is  my  prayer,  my  brother  whose  kindred  circles  all 
mankind,  whose  country  is  all  the  globe.  This  is  my  prayer 
without  partiality  to  any ;  but,  for  Christ 's  sake,  would  gladly 
bring  you  all  into  the  Kingdom,  Jew  and  Gentile,  bond  and 
free,  rich  and  poor,  honored  and  despised. 

Christ  said  He  came  not  to  save  the  righteous  but  to  bring 
sinners  to  repentance.  He  said,  they  that  are  whole,  or,  as 
we  would  term  it,  well,  need  no  physician. 

0  if  people  would  only  read  the  wonderful,  sublime,  inspired 
Word,  so  rich,  so  instructive,  so  mighty  in  power,  which  would 
save  and  keep  them  clean;  if  we  would  only  heed  the  warnings 
contained  therein  and  pray  only  for  light  and  a  closer  walk 
with  God ;  pray  to  arise  to  a  higher  plane  and  rise  up  by  faith 
as  on  eagles'  wings  and  soar  away  to  meet  Him,  Who  is 
supreme  over  all,  Him  Who  the  winds  and  waves  obey,  Him 
Who  commands  the  waters  to  part  and  stay  until  His  chosen 
people  passed  over  safely  to  the  other  side  of  Jordan;  then 
gave  Elisha  the  same  power ;  only  observe  and  consider  what 
miraculous  power  He  will  give  to  His  faithful  ones  in  whom 
He  can  trust. 

O  may  the  Holy  God  kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love  in  these 
cold  hearts  of  ours  for  Jesus'  sake  and  humanity's  sake,  now 
and  forever. 

Now  may  our  song  every  day  be, 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee, 

Nearer  to  Thee, 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me. 
Let  all  our  life's  pleadings  be, 

Only  nearer  my  God,  to  live  nearer  to  Thee. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 
[81] 


A   HINT    OF    COMING    EVENTS. 

Unless  there  is  a  great  change  soon,  which  we  pray  that 
God  will  bring  about  through  the  change  at  the  head  ol  our 
government,  we  must  plead  to  the  Lord  God  Almighty,  know 
ing  there  is  none  beside  Him,  ruling,  reigning  triumphantly 
over  earth,  sea  and  sky,  seraphim  and  cherubim  falling  down 
before  Him,  Who  wert  and  art  and  evermore  shall  be,  through 
all  the  ages  of  everlasting  eternity ;  to  Thee  we  plead  to  break 
the  bands  of  tyranny  and  set  the  captive  free  as  Thou  didst 
in  1865  when  principle  was  still  alive. 

But  long  since  then  it  is  laid  aside, 

While  graft,  greed  and  dishonor 
Have  separated  us  from  all  natural  pride. 

From  justice  and  all  purity, 
And,  worst  of  all, 

From  our  supernatural  guide, 
From  whence  we  have  drifted  far  and  wide, 

And  now  are  serving  on  the  other  side. 

In  1865  we  freed  the  blacks  and  now  we  protect  them  and 
the  Indians,  which  is  right;  but  our  own  flesh  and  blood  go 
unprotected  into  the  death  trap  set  for  them,  like  the  idols  in 
the  heathen  land,  made  to  burn  their  children  in.  Are  we 
setting  up  these  dens  of  crime  to  make  a  sacrifice  of  our  chil 
dren,  like  the  heathen  when  they  throw  a  child  into  the  mouth 
of  a  crocodile  as  a  sacrifice  for  their  own  sins?  This  distress 
ing  state  of  facts  will  never  compensate  for  our  enormous  guilt 
and  perpetrated  crime  as  a  nation. 

We  are  supposed  to  be  a  spiritual,  intellectual,  moral  people, 
but  I  fear  we  have  lost  sight  of  these  sublime  attributes  and  are 
drifting  into  infidelity  or  non-consciousness  of  the  real  emblem 
of  right.  Now  in  order  to  win  the  confidence  of  the  world  we 
must  break  the  demon's  chain  that  binds  us  like  martyrs  to 
the  stake,  and  prove  to  be  a  people  capable  for  the  task, 
a  people  chosen  of  God  to  right  all  wrongs  that  degrade  and 
mar  the  souls  of  men  and  fit  them  for  a  felon 's  den.  We  must 
work  like  heroes,  work  like  Paul  for  the  prize  of  the  high 
calling,  with  an  eye  single  to  God's  call  as  well  as  our  own 
temporal  prosperity.  If  we  don't  we  are  going  to  reap  what 
we  have  allowed  to  be  sown  by  the  enemy  and  will  reap  the 
judgment  of  God  upon  our  violations  of " His  divine  law  for 

[82] 


abusing  His  mercies.    As  we  have  received  special  favors  from 
Him  just  so  shall  it  be  required  of  us. 

Christ  said,  "As  you  do  good  to  one  of  the  least  of  these  ye 
do  it  unto  me."  He  also  said  it  were  better  for  us  if  a  stone 
were  hanged  about  our  necks  and  we  cast  into  the  sea  than 
that  we  should  offend  one  of  these  little  ones  that  believe  in 
Him.  So  we  had  better  be  careful  who  we  offend.  Christ  said, 
"search  the  scriptures;"  for  in  them  ye  find  eternal  life,  for 
they  testify  of  Christ  and  lead  us  into  the  light  and  life  eter 
nal.  Read  the  book  of  Jeremiah,  the  book  of  Esther,  then 
Malachi.  Read  the  book  of  Acts.  Turn  to  the  9th,  10th  and 
llth  chapters  of  Acts  and  you  will  be  fully  convinced  that  we 
all  have  something  to  do  besides  down  and  ruin  our  fellow 
man  because  we  have  it  in  our  power  so  to  do.  Study  the 
word  of  God  and  see  who  will  be  the  greatest  loser  in  the  end. 
That  sublime  truth  will  show  you  whether  you  can  afford 
to  crush  humanity  under  your  heel  to  gain  which  will  only  ln> 
a  curse  to  you  in  the  end. 

If  we  would  work  like  the  adversaries,  day  and  night,  to 
carry  out  their  plots  against  us,  then  we  would  soon  do  some 
thing  wTorth  while,  would  accomplish  that  whereunto  we  are 
sent,  win  for  God  and  every  creature  victory  triumphant  over 
all,  and  would  all  be  singing  Hallelujah  to  God  and  the  Lamb. 

Long  I  have  waited,  long  I  have  sought, 
For  the  truth  that  light  has  brought, 

For  the  inspiring  light  now  given 
To  illuminate  our  path  to  heaven. 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 


A  few  more  years  shall  roll, 
A  few  more  seasons  come, 
And  we  shall  be  with  those  that  rest, 

Asleep  within  the  tomb; 

Then,  O,  my  Lord,   prepare 

My  soul  for  that  great  day; 
Oh,  wash  me  in  Thy  precious  blood, 

And  take  my  sins  away. 

[83] 


CHRIST  BEFORE  PILATE,  AND  PILATE  BEFORE  CHRIST 

When  Christ,  the  King  of  glory, 

Stood  in  man's  judgment-hall, 
"What  shall  I  do  with  Jesus?" 

Said  Pilate  to  them  all. 

They  said,  "Release  the  guilty, 

And  Christ  we  '11  crucify. ' ' 
A  robber  was  acquitted— 

The  Prince  of  Life  must  die. 

"I'll  wash  my  hands,"  said  Pilate, 

* '  To  free  myself  from  guilt ; 
I  will  not  be  responsible 

When  Jesus'  blood  is  spilt." 

But  when  the  Judge  immortal 

Who  stood  in  Pilate's  hall 
Shall  sit  upon  the  great  white  throne, 

To  judge  both  great  and  small, 

Then  Pilate  shall  be  summoned 

From  death's  deep  shades  of  gloom, 

To  hear  his  own  dread  sentence — 
The  Christ-rejecter's  doom. 

Oh,  with  what  bitter  anguish 

He  then  shall  meet  those  eyes ! 
How  will  yon  scene  of  judgment 

Afresh  before  him  rise ! 

W^hen  Christ  shall  ask  of  Pilate, 
"What  have  you  done  with  Me?" 

Oh,  in  that  solemn  moment, 
What  will  his  answer  be  ? 


What  have  you  done,  my  reader, 
With  God's      beloved  Son? 

Have  you  received  His  mercy? 
Or  are  you  still  undone? 

[84] 


Are  you,  along  with  Pilate, 

Selling  the  Christ  of  God 
For  the  world's  fleeting  honors, 

With  those  who  shed  His  blood? 

If  you  thus  treat  the  Saviour 

Whom  Pilate  crucified, 
Amid  eternal  darkness 

With  Pilate  you'll  abide. 

Oh,  heed  the  words  of  warning, 

To  Jesus  bow,  and  live, 
While  yet  the  chief  of  sinners 

He's  ready  to  forgive. 

— C.  C.  Crowston. 


THE   STAR   OF   BETHLEHEM. 

How  bright  it  shines  o'er  all  the  earth; 
Since  first  it  marked  the  Saviour's  birth! 
How  many  travelers  from  afar 
Have  sought  the  guidance  of  that  Star! 
The  bright  effulgence  of  its  light 
Pierced  e'en  the  darkness  of  earth's  night. 

Its  radiance,  dimmed  awhile,  shone  clear, 
Pointing  the  Reformation  near. 
And  now  once  more  the  heathen  night 
Is  full  illumined  by  its  light, 
Proclaiming,  "Christ  will  soon  appear, — 
Herald  the  King  whose  reign  is  near!" 

Instead  of  manger  now  a  throne ; 
For  humble  birth,  a  Prince  well  known; 
Instead  of  thorns,  a  crown  of  might ; 
For  seamless  garb,  a  robe  of  light. 

O  Bethlehem's  Star,  thy  rays  have  pierced 

The  limits  of  the  universe ! 

Our  hearts  a  loyal  tribute  bring 

To  Bethlehem's  babe  encrowned  King. 

— Worthie  Harris  Holden. 
[85] 


THE    DAYS    IN    WHICH    WE    LIVE. 

These  are  days  of  wild  excitement, — 

Mobs  arise  beyond  control. 
Lynch  law  reigns  without  indictment, 

Tho  it  scars  the  human  soul. 
In  the  fever  of  a  moment, 

In  the  furor  of  a  fray, 
In  the  silence  of  long  torment, 

Men  cast  hope  and  life  away. 

These  are  days  of  fierce  achievement, — 

Competition's  race  begun, 
Click  of  hammer,  no  relievement, 

Hot.  the  toiling  wheels  whirl  on, 
Rush  of  cars  in  webbed  commotion, 

Men  are  running  to  and  fro, 
Strain  of  nerve  and  keen  emotion 

Is  the  whole  worlds'  undertow. 

These  are  days  of  hard  contrastings, — 

Rich  in  lavish  luxury, 
Poor  in  bitter,  sad  recastings, 

Under  goad  of  penury. 
Beggars,  menials,  workmen,  languish, 

Pressed  by  heartless  grasp  and  cold, 
What  to  those  who  gain  their  anguish? 

Men  grow  calloused  as  their  gold. 

These  are  days  of  world-enthronement, — 

Lust  of  eyes  and  pride  of  life, 
Days  when  self  hath  great  endowment 

To  attain  the  end  of  strife. 
Days  of  epicurean  festal, 

Days  of  fatness  for  the  J«*wd. 
Days  when  men  grow  coarse  and  bestial 

From  the  slaughter  of  the  good. 

These  are  days  of  warring  nations, — 
Armies,  navies  blast  and  boom; 

Picked,  the  flower  of  rank  and  station. 
Facing  deathward  for  their  doom ; 

Hearts  defiled  and  homes  dismantled, 
[86] 


Earth's  a  charnel-house  of  dust. 
Is  there  aught  for  man  implanted 
To  survive  the  reign  of  lust? 

Yes,  my  soul,  behold,  above  you 

Flies  an  angel  with  a  scroll 
Written  on,  "The  Father  loves  you, 

He  will  save  the  seeking  soul;" 
Flying,  crying  as  he  passes, 

"Turn  to  Christ  and  Calvary," 
O  awake  the  frenzied  masses, 

Ere  time  strikes  eternity. 

In  these  days  of  swift  probation, 

0  join  all,  ye  hearts  that  ken, 
Publish  out  the  great  salvation, 

That  still  waits  repentant  men; 
For  these  days  are  of  decision; 

Souls  to  lasting  choice  are  driven; 
Swiftly  comes  the  just  concision, 

Hate  to  doom,  and  love  to  heaven. 

— Frances  E.  Bolton. 


We  love  Thy  holy  word, 
The  lamp  Thou  gav'st  to  guide 
All  wanderers  home,   O  Lord, 
Home  to  their  Father's  side. 

Then  let  us  sing  the  love 
To  us  so  freely  given, 
Until  we  sing  above 
The  triumph-song  of  heaven. 


I  thank  Thee,  Lord,  that  Thou  hast  kept 

The  best  in  store; 
We  have  enough,  yet  not  too  much 

To  long  for  more: 
A  yearning  for  a  deeper  peace, 

Not  known  before. 

[87] 


THE   MASTER   IS   COMING! 
Or,  How  to  Entertain  the  King. 


They  said,  "The  Master  is  coming 

To  honor  the  town  today, 
And  none  can  tell  at  whose  house  or  home 

The  Master  will  choose  to  stay." 
And  I  thought,  while  my  heart  beat  wildly, 

What  if  He  should  come  to  mine  ? 
How  would  I  strive  to  entertain 

And  honor  the  Guest  Divine ! 

And  straight  I  turned  to  toiling 

To  make  my  home  more  neat; 
I  swept,  and  polished,  and  garnished, 

And  decked  it  with  blossoms  sweet ; 
I  was  troubled  for  fear  the  Master 

Might  come  ere  my  task  was  done ; 
And  I  hastened  and  worked  the  faster, 

And  watched  the  hurrying  sun. 

But  right  in  the  midst  of  my  duties 

A  woman  came  to  my  door ; 
She  had  come  to  tell  me  her  sorrows, 

And  my  comfort  and  aid  to  implore. 
And  I  said,  "I  cannot  listen, 

Nor  help  you  any  today ; 
I  have  greater  things  to  attend  to," 

And  the  pleader  turned  away. 

And  soon  there  came  another — 

A  cripple,  thin,  pale,  and  grey— 
And  said,  "Oh,  let  me  stop  and  rest 

Awhile  in  your  home,  I  pray ! 
I  have  traveled  far  since  morning, 

I  am  hungry,  and  faint,  and  weak ; 
My  heart  is  full  of  misery, 

And  comfort  and  help  I  seek." 

[88] 


And  I  said,  ' '  I  am  grieved  and  sorry, 

But  I  cannot  help  you  today; 
I  look  for  a  great  and  noble  guest," 

And  the  cripple  went  away. 
And  the  day  wore  on  more  swiftly, 

And  my  task  was  nearly  done, 
And  a  prayer  was  in  my  heart 

That  the  Master  to  me  might  come. 

And  I  thought  I  would  spring  to  meet  Him 

And  serve  Him  with  utmost  care, 
When  a  little  child  stood  by  me 

With  a  face  so  sweet  and  fair — 
Sweet,  but  with  marks  of  tear-drops, 

And  his  clothes  were  tattered  and  old, 
A  finger  was  bruised  and  bleeding, 

And  his  little  bare  feet  were  cold. 

And  I  said,  ' '  I  am  sorry  for  you ; 

You  are  sorely  in  need  of  care, 
But  I  cannot  stop  to  give  it — 

You  must  hasten  otherwhere." 
And  at  the  words  a  shadow 

Swept  o  'er  his  blue-veined  brow ; 
"Someone  will  feed  and  clothe  you,  dear, 

But  I  am  too  busy  now. ' ' 

At  last  the  day  was  ended, 

And  my  toil  was  over  and  done ; 
My  house  was  swept  and  garnished, 

And  I  watched  in  the  dark  alone — 
Watched,  but  no  footfall  sounded, 

No  one  paused  at  my  gate, 
No  one  entered  my  cottage  door; 

I  could  only  pray  and  wait. 

I  waited  till  night  had  deepened, 

And  the  Master  had  not  come ; 
"He  has  entered  some  other  door,"  I  cried, 

"And  gladdened  some  other  home!" 
My  labor  had  been  for  nothing, 

And  I  bowed  my  head  and  wept. 
My  heart  was  sore  with  longing, 

Yet,  spite  of  it  all,  I  slept. 

[89] 


Then  the  Master  stood  before  me, 

And  His  face  was  grave  and  fair ; 
"Three  times  today  I  came  to  your  door, 

And  craved  your  pity  and  care ; 
Three  times  you  sent  me  onward, 

Unhelped  and  uncomforted, 
And  the  blessing  you  might  have  had  was  lost, 

And  your  chance  to  serve  has  fled." 

' '  O  Lord,  dear  Lord,  forgive  me ! 

How  could  I  know  it  was  Thee?" 
My  very  soul  was  shamed  and  bowed 

In  the  depths  of  humility. 
And  He  said,  "The  sin  is  pardoned, 

But  the  blessing  is  lost  to  thee ; 
For,  comforting  not  the  least  of  Mine, 

Ye  have  failed  to  comfort  Me." 

R.   MAY. 


Love  divine,   all  love  excelling, 
Joy  of  Heaven  to  earth  come  down! 

Fix  in  us  Thy  humble  dwelling, 
All  Thy  faithful  mercies  crown. 


Days  and  moments  quickly  flying, 
Speed  us  onward  to  the  dead: 

Oh,   how  soon  shall  we  be  lying 
Each  within  his  narrow  bed! 


Fear  not,  I  am  with  thee;  oh,  be  not  dismayed! 

I,   I  am  thy  God,  and  will  still  give  thee  aid; 

I'll  strengthen  thee,  help  thee,  and  cause  thee  to 

stand, 
Upheld  by  my  righteous,  omnipotent  hand. 

[901 


THE   PRESIDENCY. 

What  is  a  thoroughgoing  American  viewpoint  of  the  rivalry 
expressed  in  presidential  elections  comes  from  Chicago,  in  th»- 
Record-Herald,  from  the  pen  of  one  of  Chicago's  best  known 
writers  of  verse  and  social  commentary.  Wilbur  D.  Nesbit 
may  be  called  the  successor  of  Eugene  Field  in  his  sunny  Amer 
icanism.  He  writes  also  in  a  helpful  and  characteristic  way 
on  current  events  and  may  fairly  stand  as  an  exponent  of  the 
philosophy  of  Americanism. 

It  is  a  higher,  nobler  thing  by  far 

Than  any  transitory  meed  of  fame. 
It  is  too  great  for  us  to  sear  and  scar 

By  heaping  up  our  petty  hate  and  blame. 
Built  on  the  olden  hope  and  sacrifice, 

Shaped  of  the  soul-born  faith  that  m 
It  is  above  all  favor  and  all  price 

That  any  man  among  us  may  commanu 

They  gave  their  all  that  this  high  place  should  ^ 
The  symbol  of  the  patriotic  pride 

That  warms  the  very  souls  of  you  and  me. 
It  was  not  made  to  be  a  pledge  or  pawn, 

It  was  not  made  for  barter  in  the  street — 
It  typifies  the  trust  of  days  agone 

That  liberty  with  justice  fair  should  meet. 

It  means  all  that  we  hold  from  all  the  years, 

It  means  all  that  is  splendid  in  our  age ; 
Its  story  has  been  writ  in  blood  and  tears 

Upon  Time's  never-fading,  widespread  page. 
And  it  means  more — it  means  that  you  and  I 

Have  here  a  heritage  that  is  a  bond 
Which  binds  us  now  as  under  that  blue  sky 

Which  told  the  world  that  Freedom's  day  had  dawned. 

Ah,  out  upon  the  mean  and  scowling  spite, 

Have  done  with  all  the  bandying  of  words ! 
The  years  shall  try  our  deeds  and  mold  the  right 

And  break  the  wrong  into  a  thousand  sherds. 
It  is  no  gift,  it  is  no  thing  of  price, 

It  is  no 'bauble  passed  from  hand  to  hand — 
It  marks  the  olden  hope  and  sacrifice, 

It  shows  the  soul-born  faith  that  made  our  land. 
T91] 


FROM  GREENLAND'S  ICY  MOUNTAINS. 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 

From  India's  coral  strand, 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 

Roll  down  their  golden  sand; 
From  man}"  an  ancient  river, 

From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

What  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle; 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile: 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown; 
The  heathen  in  his  blindness 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

Can  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

With  wisdom  from  on  high; 
Can  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny? 
Salvation,  O  salvation! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim, 
Till  each  remotest  nation 

Has  learnt  Messiah's  Name. 

Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,   His  story, 

And  you,  ye  waters,   roll, 
Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole: 
Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature, 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Redeemer,   King,  Creator, 

In  bliss  returns  to  reign. 

192] 


ADVENT. 

Hark!   the   voice  eternal, 

Robed   in   majesty, 
Calling  into   being, 

Earth   and   sea   and 
Hark !   in   countless   numbers 

All   the   angel  -  throng 
Hail   creation's  morning 

With    one   burst   of  song. 
High   in   regal  glor\r, 
'  Mid   eternal   light, 
Reign,    0   King  immortal, 

Holy,   infinite. 

Bright  the  world  and  glorious, 

Calm   both  earth   and   sea, 
Noble  in  its  grandeur 

Stood   man's  purity. 
Came  the  great  transgression, 

Came  the  saddening  fall, 
Death   and   desolation 

Breathing  over  all. 
Still  in  regal  glory, 

'Mid  eternal  light, 
Reigned  the  King  immortal, 

Holy,   infinite. 

Long  the  nations   waited, 

Through  the  troubled  night, 
Looking,   longing,   yearning, 

For  the  promised   light. 
Prophets  saw   the  morning 

Breaking  far  away, 
Minstrels  sang  the  splendor 

Of  that   opening  day. 
Whilst  in  regal  glory, 

'Mid  eternal  light, 
Reigned  the  King  immortal, 

Holy,   infinite. 

[93] 


Brightly   dawned   the   Advent 

Of   the  new-born    King, 
Joyously   the   watchers 

Heard   the   angels   sing. 
Sadly   closed   the  evening 

Of  His   hallowed   life, 
As   the   noontide   darkness 

Veiled   the  last  dread  strife. 
Lo!    again   in   glor\r, 

'Mid   eternal   light, 
Reigns  the  King  immortal, 

Hoi}7,   infinite. 

Lo!   again   He  cometh, 

Robed   in   clouds   of  light, 
As  the  Judge  eternal, 

Armed  with  power  and  might. 
Nations  to   His  footstool 

Gathered   then   shall   be ; 
Earth  shall  yield  her  treasures, 

And   her  dead,   the  sea. 
Till   the  trumpet   soundeth, 

'Mid  eternal  light, 
Reign  Thou  King  immortal, 

Holy,   infinite. 

Jesus,   Lord   and   Master, 

Prophet,    Priest  and  King, 
To  Thy  feet,  triumphant, 

Hallowed  praise  we  bring. 
Thine  the  pain  and  weeping, 

Thine  the   victory ; 
Power,  and  praise,  and  honor, 

Be,  O  Lord,  to  Thee. 
High  in  regal  glor}7, 
'Mid   eternal   light, 
Reign,   0   King  immortal, 

Holy,   infinite. 

[94] 


INFIDELITY. 

As  I  look  around,  take  in  the  situation  of  present  events, 
which  mainly  comes  from  unbelief,  which  is  termed  infidelity, 
1  don't  wonder  at  present  conditions  sweeping  the  country 
with  all  kinds  of  undescribable  crime  and  disbelief  in  God, 
which  never  fails  to  leave  its  brand  wherever  it  trails. 

It  is  a  pitiable  reality  to  know  that  men  will  lose  sight  of 
God,  the  God  that  made  them,  the  God  in  whom  they  live, 
move  and  have  their  existence.  I  feel  sorry  for  the  unbelievers 
who  have  nothing  to  base  their  hopes  upon,  and  know  they  are 
rot  here  to  stay.  They  certainly  must,  in  some  way,  be  de 
praved,  deficient  in  intellect,  which  often  comes  from  an  im 
moral  life,  some  unknown  cause,  which  leads  them  to  grope  in 
the  dark;  for  men  would  not  love  darkness  rather  than  light, 
except  their  deeds  were  evil.  We  never  see  any  true  person 
seeking  for  darkness.  Darkness  always  goes  with  dark  deeds. 
When  you  hear  men  say  they  don't  believe  in  God,  you  can 
depend  that  they  have  the  mark  of  Cain  upon  them  and  are 
deficient  in  intellect  and  morals  as  well.  Unbelief  has  filled 
our  land  with  disease  for  the  reason  that  so  many  have  turned 
their  backs  on  the  Great  Physician ;  consequently  are  suffering, 
reaping  the  fruit  of  their  doings,  as  the  result  of  just  what 
they  have  sown  and  are  too  ignorant  to  know  or  realize  these 
truths. 

How  can  anyone,  who  knows  anything,  fail  to  realize  the 
harmony,  the  order  set  forth  in  God's  plan  of  the  universe,  the 
seasons  so  regularfi  so  wonderfully  planned,  the  heavenly  orb 
or  canopy  above  our  heads,  so  mysteriously,  so  magnificently 
planned  and  controlled  by  the  high,  majestic,  holy  hand  of 
Providence,  all  for  us  unworthy  to  enjoy,  and  some  who  are 
scarcely  human?  Then  think  of  the  great  deep  filled  with  coral 
and  crystal,  then  the  ground  containing  everything  that  man. 
unworthy  man,  can  make  use  of.  Then  the  top  of  the  ground, 
covered  with  fertile  soil  that,  we  so  undeserving,  may  raise 
our  bread  and  much  more  that  we  can  turn  into  money,  all  for 
which  we  should  be  thankful  and  praise  and  serve  the  bountiful 
giver,  instead  of  blaspheming  and  denying  His  supreme  exist 
ence  and  power. 

How  dare  anyone  deny  that  all  that  they  cannot  see  with 
the  evil  temporal  eye  when  we  cannot  understand  the  visible 
things  we  behold  every  day?  You  poor  idiot,  who  disbelieves 

[95] 


iii  God,  cannot  tell  why  your  hand  moves  at  will,  nor  from 
whence  comes  your  sight  or  hearing  or  taste  or  what  keeps 
»;p  all  your  mysterious  makeup,  and  then  try  to  think  there  is 
no  superior,  miraculous  power  managing  everything  in  His  own 
wise  way.  Anyone  who  is  too  weak  to  comprehend  these  plain 
truths  should  keep  still  and  not  expose  their  ignorance,  for 
there  is  danger  of  bringing  immediate  judgment  from  Him 
Whom  you  deny.  MRS.  D.  L.  GRAHAM. 


POEM    ON    SUNDAY   SCHOOL    WORK. 

We  are  a  little  band  of  pilgrims  which  God  has  stationed  here, 
And  Jesus  is  our  leader  and  we  're  bound  to  persevere ; 

We  are  holding  high  His  banner,  His  royal  name  to  honor, 
His  work  shall  be  our  mission,  while  life  to  us  He'll  spare, 

And  happy  would  we  be  if  our  blessings  you  would  share. 

We  are  bound  for  the  land  of  Canaan,  though  desert  be  the  way, 
We'll  feed  upon  the  manna  and  wre  will  watch  and  wrait 

and  pray 
Until  our  blessed  Redeemer  calls  us   from   this  sinful  world 

away. 
We  want  to  go  to  heaven  but  not  to  go  alone, 

We  want  to  bring  the  children  to  sit  around  the  throne, 
For  our  dear  Lord  has  said  that  of  such  should  be  His  own, 
He  said  except  we  be  converted  to  heaven  we  cannot  come. 

Now  we  are  needing  helpers  to  labor  with  us  here, 

That  they  may  reap  the  harvest  which  the  faithful  ones 
will  share. 

Now  come  accept  the  offer  and  a  crown  of  life  you  '11  wear, 
On  the  happy  shores  of  Eden,  in  eternity  so  fair. 

0  I  am  bound  for  the  kingdom,  will  you  go  to  glory  with  me? 
Hallelujah,  praise  ye  the  Lord, 

'Tis  so  sweet  to  trust  in  Jesus,  just  to  take  Him  at  His  word, 
Just  to  lean  upon  His  promise, 

Just  to  obey,  "thus  saith  the  Lord." 

MRS.  DAN.  L.  GRAHAM. 

[961 


INDEX 

PAGE 

Introductory,  "The  Searchlight" 5 

Beer  and  Saloon   Business.- -     6 

What's  the  Matter  With  the  People 9 

John  Barleycorn 15 

A  Saloon  Sport 16 

The  Holy  Scriptures 19 

A  Question  Asked  and  Answered 21 

Keep  the  Golden  Rule 22 

The  Saloon  Business  at  the  Bottom  of  Almost  Ever}7  Crime.-  29 

Live  the  Christian  Life 33 

A  Child's  Prayer r5 

My  First  Attempt  at  Rhyme 36 

How  Times  Have  Changed  the  Course  of  Justice 37 

Awake  Thou  That  Sleepest P8 

The  Importance  of  Home   Department  Work 39 

Seek  Ye  First  the  Kingdom 40 

The  Marvelous  and  Unfathomable  Love  of  Our  Creator 42 

Child  Laborers 47 

What  Is  the  Greatest  Need  of  All 49 

A  Remedy 51 

Redemption  Lies  With    Us 52 

A  Great  Mystery ...  55 

To  a  Bottle   of  Whiskey T6 

The  Story  of  the  Thief  on   the  Cross 58 

We  Are  Not  All  Barbarians 59 

We  Must  Reform 62 

Shall  I  Vote  to  License  Liquor? 65 

To  The  Unconverted 67 

A  Summons  to    Duty 68 

Teach  the  Boys    to  Shun  All  Kvil 70 

A  Request 71 

The  Chosen  of  God 75 

Our  Future   Hope 78 

Come,   Heed  the  Warning 80 

A  Hint  of    Coming  Events 82 

Christ  Before  Pilate 84 

The  Star  of  Bethlehem 85 

The  Days  in  Which  We  Live 86 

The  Master  Is  Coming! 88 

The  Presidency 91 

From  Greenland's    Icy  Mountains 92 

Advent 93 

Infidelity 96 

Poem  On  Sunday  School  Work 96 


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